Mine detail: Dolomite Quarry

Previously called 'Port Inland Quarry (Dolomite)'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.97, -85.90996

Resource(N)

Primary:	Dolomite
Ore:	Dolomite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1930

Geology

Structure:

Michigan basin, Relatively flat lying

References

MRDS	LW00011
DEP	10310011
Reference	{Deposit:: 100 LARGEST QUARRIES, ROCK PRODUCTS, 1968, P. 70-71.}{Deposit:: SMITH, R.A., 1915, LIMESTONES OF MICHIGAN; PUBLICATION 21, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 17, PP. 151-152, 206,234, 240-241, 260-261, 286-87}{Deposit:: PORT INLAND HISTORY, 2001, http://www.mlo.net/index.html, P. 1-2.}
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)