Dean Mine

Past Producer in Gogebic county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068381
MRDS ID W001410
Record type Site
Current site name Dean Mine
Alternate or previous names Peterson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.06817, 46.47222 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR BESSEMER

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 16 NW OF NW Michigan
NE OF NW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = RICE LAKE 1:250000. POINT IS LOCATED AT CENTER OF DEAN PROPERTY. PART OF THE PETERSON COLLECTION OF LOCATIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

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) -90.06817, 46.47222

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE GEOLOGY OF PETERSON MINE W001405

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District (Range)

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS NO AVAILABLE PRODUCTION NUMBERS FOR THE DEAN MINE INDIVIDUALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2D ED.: CLEVELAND, OHIO, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 334 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR GEOLOGY: SEE PETERSON MINE

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.