Taylor Mine

Past Producer in Baraga county in Michigan, United States with commodities Iron, Graphite
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079312
MRDS ID W028531
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.44172, 46.66444 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alberta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(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 Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 049N 033W 9 NE OF NW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF OPEN PIT NE - NW OF SECTION 9 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Graphite Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE WAS MINED FROM THIS LOCATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Siderite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Chert Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Replacement of cherty beds by iron oxide and alteration of fe-silicates and carbonates to iron oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Michigamme Formation
    Rock description Michigamme Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.44172, 46.66444

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 45 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • LEAN BANDED CHERTY CARBONATE IRON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1883

Mining district

District name Marquette Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor Iron Co

Production statistics

  • Year 1883
    Period 1880-1883
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 33498mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • NO GRADE AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION YEARS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IRON REMAINING IS NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST WAS OPEN CUT THEN UNDERGROUND WITH THE ROOF SUPPORTED BY PILLARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1880 AND WORKED BY TAYLOR IRON CO. SHIPPED 1880 - 1883 .

Reporter information

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
Updater 06-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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