Mine detail: Mather B Mine

Previously called 'Ore Improvement PlantPioneer Pellet Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.75, -87.62642

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Iron
Other material: Chert, Chlorite, Goethite, Hematite, Martite, Mica
Discovery year: 1844

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

References

MRDSW001392
MAS261030004
DEP10146672
Reference{Deposit:: LETTER FROM STATE GEOLOGIST 03-05-80 STATUS=MINED OUT}{Deposit:: -- MATHER MINE MARKS PRODUCTION OF 50 MILLIONTH TON OF IRON}{Deposit:: SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V.64, NO.21, 1975, PP.1,12-15}{Deposit:: -- MATHER BLOCK CAVES 2 MILLION LTPY, ENGINEERING AND MINING}{Deposit:: NAL, V.175, NO.11, 1974, P.144}{Deposit:: -- CLEVELAND-CLIFFS MICHIGAN IRON ORE OPERATIONS IN 1974, SK}{Deposit:: MINING REVIEW, V.63, NO.22, 1974, PP.1,6}{Deposit:: -- TEN MILLION TON MINES OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION, SKILLING}{Deposit:: ING REVIEW, V.59, NO.33, 1970, P.27}{Deposit:: -- PELLETIZING OF NATURAL ORES AT THE PIONEER PELLET PLANT O}{Deposit:: CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO, 27TH ANN MEETING, AIME, 1966, PP.1}{Deposit:: -- CLIFFS PIONEER PELLET PLANT, MARQUETTE IRON RANGE, SKILLI}{Deposit:: MINING REVIEW, V.54, NO.36, 1965, PP.1,4-5}{Deposit:: -- CLEVELAND-CLIFFS PROGRAM AT THE MATHER MINE / PIONEER PEL}{Deposit:: PLANT, SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, V.53, NO.45, 1964, PP.6-7}{Deposit:: -- VARIOUS REPORTS ON STATISTICS AND COSTS OF MICHIGAN IRON}{Deposit:: MICH GEOL SUR, 1952, 1954-74}{Deposit:: -- IRON ORE, AMER IRON ORE ASSOC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1959-74}{Deposit:: -- LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2ND ED, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE A}{Deposit:: CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1952}{Deposit:: -- HAMMES, J K, THE ECONOMICS OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING IR}{Deposit:: PELLETS FROM NORTH AMERICAN TYPE RESOURCES, 27TH ANN MEETING}{Deposit:: 1966, PP.9-16}{Deposit:: RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81}{Deposit:: NOT ON 1980 OR 1981 MSHA LISTS; ASSUME PAST PRODUCER}{Deposit:: # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0261039014}
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