Mine detail: Menominee Iron District (Range)

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Location

Lat / long:

46.11556, -88.21921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Hematite
Discovery year:	1851

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	See Individual Mine Write-Ups.
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1877
Last production ended:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Vulcan Iron-Formation
Host type:	Iron Formation
Structure:	Major troughs into which iron formation has slumped; regional trends: E-W t

References

MRDS	W001398
DEP	10310202
Reference	{Deposit:: VAN HISE AND BAYLEY, 1897, U.S.G.S. MONOGRAPH 28.}{Deposit:: DUTTON, C. E. AND ZIMMER, P. W., 1968, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF MENOMINEE DIST., MICH. (IN) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967, AIME, THE GRATON-SALES V., P. 538 - 549.}{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, G. S. A. BULL., VOL. 66, P. 1455 - 1488.}{Deposit:: THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.}{Deposit:: J. GAIR}{Production:: ITEM 8 - F2, GEN. REFERENCES, P. 540}
Reporter	Cannon, Suzanne S., Sutphin, D.M., Mason Jr., G.T.