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Puritan Mine

Past Producer in Gogebic 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068378
MRDS ID W001406
Record type Site
Current site name Puritan Mine
Alternate or previous names Peterson Mine, Ruby Mine

Comments on the site names

  • PETERSON MINE NOW - RUBY MINE IN PAST

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.08733, 46.46944 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047N 046W 17 SW OF SW Michigan
SE OF SW Michigan
NE OF SW Michigan
NW OF SW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF THE PURITAN PROPERTY ON THE IRONWOOD IRON FORMATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOFT DARK RED-BROWN BESSEMER & NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.08733, 46.46944
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE PETERSON MINE (W001405)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1886
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District (Range)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Puritan Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickands Mather and Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1886-1941
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 5470055mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. YEARS = 1886-1891; 1901; 1904; 1910; 1912-1931; 1934-1941. MINE IS NOW PART OF PETERSON MINE. SOFT DARK RED-BROWN BESSEMER & NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 771.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM & PILLAR TO 1890; FROM THEN ON SUB LEVEL CAVING METHOD

Comments on development

  • OPERATED BY OLIVER IRON MINING CO. UNTIL JAN. 31, 1941 WHEN LEASE WAS SURRENDERED. IN 1944, LEASED BY PURITAN MINING CO. AS PART OF PURITAN-IRONTON GROUP, NOW PETERSON MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H.,1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 180-184, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR GEOLOGY: SEE PETERSON MINE (W001405)

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 07-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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