Location: | Kent County, Michigan, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 42.89001, -85.55995 |
dep_id: | 10310005 |
mrds_id: | LW00005 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Gypsum-Anhydrite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Marine-Evaporite |
Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Gypsum |
model: | 253: Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum |
conc_proc: | Evaporation |
Reporter: | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) |
Structure: | Michigan basin, Relatively flat lying |
yr_lst_prd: | 1999 |
discr: | Indian trapper brought piece to slater mission |
References: |
- Deposit:: A.H. STEVENS, 1968, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL MICHIGA* GYPSUM DEPOSITS, CONSUMER POWER COMPANY, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.
- Deposit:: J.S. DYKSTRA, 1931, GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT HAS SOME OF WORLDS GREATEST GYPSUM MINES, THE MICHIGAN BELL.
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