Mine detail: Dolomite Quarry

Previously called 'Port Inland Quarry (Dolomite)'

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Location: Schoolcraft County, Michigan, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.97, -85.90996
dep_id: 10310011
mrds_id: LW00011
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Dolomite
Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Dolomite
model: 237: Limestone
conc_proc: Chemical precipitation
Reporter: Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)
Structure: Michigan basin, Relatively flat lying
Year first produced: 1930
References:
  • 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.
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