Mine detail: New York Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

46.4925, -87.65196

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND
Discovery year:	1844

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Bedded, Chemical Sediment
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1864
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host rock:	Negaunee Iron-Formation
Host type:	Iron Formation
Structure:	Regional trends are east-west.

References

MRDS	LW00190
DEP	10310190
Reference	JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, SITE ID 520144, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
Reporter	Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere)