Mine detail: Marquette Iron District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.4531, -87.69172

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Discovery year: 1844

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: SUPERIOR FE
Development status: Producer

Geology

Structure:WESTWARD PLUNGING SYNCLINORIUM OPEN AT WESTERN END. ; REG.TRENDS: E-W

References

MRDSW001391
DEP60001572
Reference{Deposit:: JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES REG. META. 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ,UNEXHAUSTABLE, IRON RESOURCES OF THE RANGE.)}
ReporterMASON JR., G.T., SUTPHIN, D.M. (CANNON, W.F.), CANNON, SUZANNE S.