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Ohio Mine

Past Producer in Baraga 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079317
MRDS ID W028538
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio Mine
Alternate or previous names Beaufort, Norwood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.16226, 46.53667 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 048N 031W 22 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER POINT OF MINED AREA, S 1/2 - SE OF SECTION 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Grunerite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Actinolite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica 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 Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Bijiki Iron-Formation
    Rock description Bijiki Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.16226, 46.53667
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Upward facing or open structures of folding or faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEAKLY MAGNETIC, GRUNERITE-CHERT IRON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1961
Production years MINE CLOSED IN1957 AND REMAINED SHUT DOWN THROUGH 1958 AND 1959; THE MINE REOPENED IN 1960, BUT WAS IDLE IN 1962.

Mining district

District name Marquette Range

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1907-1920
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 485448mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 48wt-pct
  • Year 1962
    Period 1952-1962
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major conc Fe Iron Iron 757550mt

Comments on the production information

  • LEAN ORE, SOFT, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. GRADE GIVEN IS AN APPROXIMATION FROM OTHER NEARBY BIJIKI-MEMBER MINES WITH AVAILABLE FIGURES OF PRODUCTION. DRILL HOLE DATA AVAILABLE (SEE SECTION FILES REFERENCE).

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOST OF REMAINING IRON IS IN GRUNERITE FORM.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN 1907, MINED UNDERGROUND UNTIL 1920, LATER WITH BEAUFORT, NORWOOD & WEBSTER, OHIO WAS AN OPEN PIT RUN BY CLEVELAND CLIFFS IRON CO AFTER 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1978 , BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE MICHIGAMME AND THREE LAKES QUADRANGLES, MARQUETTE AND BARAGA COUNTIES, MICHIGAN, USGS MAP 1 - 1078 .

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE (2ND ED ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 87 .

  • Deposit

    CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C. B., INC., 1911 , THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 65 .

  • Deposit

    SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., 1951 , MAP OF OHIO MINE AND VICINITY; 1950 - 1951 , OHIO MINE EXPLORATION, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954-1994, MINERALS YEARBOOK [1953-1993]: WASHINGTON, D.C., U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, VARIOUS VOLUMES.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1907 , USING ROOM AND PILLAR METHOD UNDERGROUND, SHIPPED 1907 - 1911 AND 1915 - 1920 . FORMERLY OPERATED BY NIAGARA IRON MINING CO (ROGERS - BROWN IRON CO., AGENT). REOPENED IN 1951 BY CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., AS AN OPEN PIT. SILICEOUS ORE FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE ORE BODY WAS MINED AND CONCENTRATED. BEAUFORT, NORWOOD, PORTLAND, AND WEBSTER PROPERTIES WERE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT. PROPERTY IS NOW LOCATED WITHIN BARAGA STATE FOREST BOUNDARIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) Michigan Geological Survey Division
Updater 01-NOV-1995 Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) 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

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