Mine detail: Dow-Midland

Previously called 'Dow Chemical Co. PlantMidland Plant'

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Location: Midland County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.6003, -84.2321
dep_id: 10170503
mas_id: 261110010
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Magnesite
Minor mineral: Bromine, Iodine, Calcium
Operation type: Brine Operation
Development status: Producer
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Wilburn, David R.
Year first produced: 1940
References:
  • Deposit:: COMSTOCK, H.B. MAGNESIUM AND MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS, A
  • Deposit:: MATERIALS SURVEY. BUMINES IC 8201, 1963, 128 PP.
  • Deposit:: COPP, A.N., AND R. WARDLE. MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS. CH. IN
  • Deposit:: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, ED. BY R.N. KIRK
  • Deposit:: AND J.A. OTHMER. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., V. 14,
  • Deposit:: 3RD ED., 1981, PP. 615-646.
  • Deposit:: DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY. MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE HANDBOOK.
  • Deposit:: COMPANY PUBLICATION, FORM 101-94-81, 1981, 17 PP.
  • Deposit:: EGLESON, G.C., AND C.W. QUERIO. VARIATION IN THE
  • Deposit:: COMPOSITION OF BRINE FROM THE SYLVANIA FORMATION NEAR
  • Deposit:: MIDLAND, MICHIGAN. ENVIRON. SCI. AND TECHNOL.,
  • Deposit:: V. 3, NO. 4, 1969, PP. 369-371.
  • Deposit:: LILIENTHAL, R.T. STRATIGRAPHIC CROSS-SECTIONS OF THE
  • Deposit:: MICHIGAN BASIN. MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RI 19, 1978, 30 PP.
  • Deposit:: MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. NATURAL BRINES OF MICHIGAN.
  • Deposit:: 1976, 6 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM MINING AND ECONOMIC UNIT,
  • Deposit:: MICH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, LANSING, MI.
  • Deposit:: MIKAMI, H.M. REFRACTORY MAGNESIA. PRES. AT CONF. FOR
  • Deposit:: RAW MATERIALS FOR REFRACTORIES, TUSCALOOSA, AL,
  • Deposit:: FEBRUARY 8-9, 1982, 40 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM
  • Deposit:: REFRACTORIES INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
  • Deposit:: SORENSEN, H.O., AND R.T. SEGALL. NATURAL BRINES OF THE
  • Deposit:: DETROIT RIVER GROUP, MICHIGAN BASIN. SEC. IN FOURTH
  • Deposit:: SYMPOSIUM OF SALT, ED. BY A.H. COOGAN. NORTHERN OHIO
  • Deposit:: GEOL. SOC., INC., CLEVELAND OH, 1973, PP. 91-99.
  • Deposit:: WALDEN, W.A. PRODUCTION OF SALT IN MICHIGAN. 1979, 10 PP.;
  • Deposit:: AVAILABLE FROM MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY UNIT,
  • Reserve-Resource:: SMITH, G.J., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN,
  • Reserve-Resource:: AND J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN
  • Reserve-Resource:: UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND
  • Reserve-Resource:: W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, 1973,
  • Reserve-Resource:: PP. 197-216.
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