Mine detail: Marquette Iron District

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Location

Lat / long: 46.45306, -87.69169

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Orebody form: STRATABOUND
Discovery year: 1844

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Superior Fe
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1848

Geology

Host rock:Negaunee Iron-Formation
Host type:Iron Formation
Structure:Westward plunging synclinorium open at western end; regional trends: E-W

References

MRDSW001391
DEP10310201
Reference{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES REG. METAMORPHISM. IN N. MICH.; G. S. A. BULL., VOL. 66, P. 1455-1488.}{Deposit:: THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.}{Deposit:: THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.}{Deposit:: GRATON-SALES VOL. A. I. M. E., THE MARQUETTE DISTRICT: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., 1933-1967, P. 508-517}{Deposit:: CANNON, W.F., POWERS, S.L., AND WRIGHT, N.A., 1978, COMPUTER-AIDED ESTIMATES OF CONCENTRATING-GRADE IRON RESOURCES IN THE NEGAUNEE IRON-FORMATION, MARQUETTE DISTRICT, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1045, 21 P.}{Deposit:: *LIGNY, HENRY, 1864, REPORTS ON THE VALUE OF THE COMPAN* LANDS LOCATED IN THE IRON REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR, COUNTY OF MARQUETTE, STATE OF MICHIGAN: BOSTON, WRIGHT AND POTTER, PRINTERS, ST. MAR* CANAL MINERAL LAND COMPANY, 54 P. (GIVES AN EARLY SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF EXPLORATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE*NEXHAUSTIBL*IRON RESOURCES OF THE RANGE.)}{Deposit:: IRON COMPANIES HAVE MADE EXTENSIVE STUDIES OF AREA . MOST ALL OF THIS DISTRICT MAPPED FROM 1940 - 1973 AT 1:24,000 SCALE. TOO MANY GEOLOGISTS TO MENTION INDIVIDUALLY}{Production:: 1). GRATON-SALES, VOL. A.I.M.E., 1968, P. 508.}{Reserve-Resource:: CANNON AND OTHERS (1978).}
ReporterCannon, Suzanne S., Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.), Mason Jr., G.T.