Mine detail: Michigan Gypsum Pit & Mill

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Location

Lat / long:

44.18, -83.75988

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Gypsum
Orebody form:	NATIONAL CITY FORMATION MEMBER OF MICHIGAN FORMATION

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Marine-Evaporation
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1960

Geology

Structure:

Michigan basin, Relatively flat lying beds

References

MRDS	LW00004
DEP	10310004
Reference	{Deposit:: A.H. STEVENS, 1968, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ON MICHIGA * GYPSUM DEPOSITS, CONSUMER POWER COMPANY, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.}{Deposit:: L.I. BRIGGS, 1970, GEOLOGY OF GYPSUM IN THE LOWER PENINSULA, MICHIGAN, PROCEEDINGS SIXTH FORUM ON GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)