Mine detail: Grand Rapids Gypsum Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

42.95001, -84.2799

Resource(N)

Primary:	Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Gypsum

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Marine-Evaporation
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1849

Geology

Structure:

Michigan basin, Relatively flat lying

References

MRDS	LW00006
DEP	10310006
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)