| Deposit ID | 10079311 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028529 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Riverside Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.02475, 46.43417 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marquette(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Witch Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Michigamme(hydrologic unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Marquette |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 047N | 030W | 35 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| Rock unit name | Negaunee Iron-Formation | ||
| Rock description | Negaunee Iron-Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -88.02475, 46.43417 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| Year of last production | 1893 |
| District name | Marquette Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1888-1893 |
| Material | ore Fe |
| Ore mined | 16419mt |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FORD MOTOR CO., 1924 ; MENOMINEE IRON AND LAND CO., EXPLORATION BY OLIVER MINING CO, 1911 - 1912 , SECTION FILES OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 118 .
KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1976 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WITCH LAKE QUADRANGLE, MARQUETTE, IRON AND BARAGA COUNTIES, MICHIGAN: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-987 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED IN 1887 . SHIPPED 1888 , 1889 , 1891 , 1893 . EXPLORED BY OLIVER IRON MINING CO IN 1900 , 1911 - 1912 , AND BY FORD MOTOR CO, 1924 . (DRILL HOLE DATA AVAILABLE FROM THESE EXPLORATIONS, SEE SECTION FILES REFERENCE). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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