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Homer Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068375
MRDS ID W001402
Record type Site
Current site name Homer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.65811, 46.10917 (WGS84)
Relative position IRON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brule(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 043N 035W 23 NW OF NW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LON IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE SEE SHERWOOD MINE AND BRISTOL MINE, ALL ON ONE ORE LEAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MEDIUM RED BROWN HIGH PHOSPHORUS NON BESSEMER HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Chert Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Stambaugh Formation
    Rock description Stambaugh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Rock description Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.65811, 46.10917
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major troughs; regional trends: E-W, NE-SW, NW-SE forming triangle
Type of structure Local
Structure description Troughs into which Iron formation has slumped.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON ORE IS FROM RIVERTON IRON FM. N45, N40, N35, N30 LIST FMS. OF SIGNIFICANCE DIRECTLY ABOVE AND DIRECTLY BELOW IRON FORMATION. STAMBAUGH FM. IS ESPECIALLY USED TO TRACE IRON FM. AS STAMBAUGH IS MAGNETIC AND EASILY TRACED BELOW SURFACE GLACIAL DRIFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name Iron River-Crystal Falls Area of the Menominee Iron District (Range)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Hanna Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period 1915-1971
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 17773487mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • MED. RED-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHOROUS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 337.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • CLOSED BETWEEN 1969 AND 1972. SUB-LEVEL STOPING USING 1 SHAFT ON THIS 40 ACRES WITH 109 MAIN HAULAGE LEVELS; HOMER MINE SHAFT ALSO ACCESSED THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE CARDIFF MINE ORE BODY. DRIFTS THAT CONNECTED TO HOMER-WAUSECA MINE TO THE EAST ON 8,9, & 10 LEVELS WERE SEALED WITH MASSIVE CONCRETE PLUGS; NEAR SURFACE STOPES NE OF SHAFT SITE HAVE CAVED AND MINE WASTE ROCK HAS BEEN DUMPED IN CAVED AREA THAT WAS FENCED.

Comments on development

  • BUFFALO IRON MINING CO., HANNA IRON ORE CO. OPENED 1914 SHIPPED 1915 THROUGH 1950 EXCEPT 1931-1932 AND 1934. OPERATION AFTER 1950 IS REPORTED AS HOMER GROUP OPERATION WHICH INCLUDED CARDIFF MINCKLER AND SOUTH HOMER MINES AND WAS FINALLY EXHAUSTED IN 1971. FORMERLY OPERATED BY BUFFALO IRON MINING CO. LATER BY HANNA IRON ORE CO. WORKED BY SUB-STOPING METHOD UNDERGROUND. CARDIFF MINE SHIPPED 1922-1923 AND WAS A PART OF HOMER OPERATION (SEE SEPARATE REPORT THIS FILE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES H.L. DUTTON C.E. PETTIJOHN F.J. WIER K.L. 1968 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT IRON COUNTY MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE 1968. PP. 45-56 88-110.

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION 1952 LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND OHIO. P. 116.

  • Deposit

    CROWELL BENEDICT AND MURRAY C.B. INC. 1917 1920 1923 1927 THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (3RD-6TH EDS.): CLEVELAND OHIO. PP. 257 232-233 283 303-304.

  • Deposit

    REED R.C. 1975 ONE THOUSAND MILLION TONS MICHIGAN IRON ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1974 CIRCULAR 12 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES LANSING MICHIGAN 1975. P. 9.

  • Deposit

    REED R.C. 1975, ONE THOUSAND MILLION TONS MICHIGAN IRON ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1974 CIRCULAR 12 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES LANSING MICHIGAN 1975.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 59-62, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952 P. 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRECAMBRIAN W CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OVERLAIN BY PRECAMBRIAN X SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. DURING PRECAMBRIAN X TIME, PRECAMBRIAN W ROCKS BLOCK FAULTED AND DIFFERENTIALLY RAISED; LOWERED; FORMING TROUGHS. PRECAMBRIAN X ROCKS AS SEDIMENTS SLUMPED INTO TROUGHS. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME ENTIRE AREA WAS REGIONALLY THERMAL METAMORPHOSED. HOMER MINE IS IN THE CHLORITE METAMORPHIC ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 23-JUL-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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