Ravenna Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079372
MRDS ID W028628
Record type Site
Current site name Ravenna Mine
Alternate or previous names Quincy, Bristol

Comments on the site names

  • RAVENNA WAS STARTED SEPARATELY AS A MINE, THEN WAS PART OF BRISTOL MINE, THEN SEPARATED, AND LATER REJOINED WITH BRISTOL.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.35198, 46.10611 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brule(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 043N 032W 19 SW OF SE Michigan
NW OF SE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE MID-POINT BETWEEN TWO SHAFTS IN W1/2 OF SE OF SECTION 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Stilpnomelane Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones

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)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Riverton Iron-Formation
    Rock description Riverton Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.35198, 46.10611

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled in a synclinal body.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1917

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1911-1917
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 301164mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 48wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS HARD AND SOFT, RED, HIGH PHOSPHORUS AND SILICEOUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. CRUSHED. GRADE GIVEN IS AN AVERAGE OF PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FROM 1914 AND 1916.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND STOPING METHOD SERVED BY 2 SHAFTS WITH 2 MAIN HAULAGE LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • HOLLISTER MINING CO., M.A. HANNA AND INLAND STEEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RAVENNA OPENED IN 1911, SHIPPED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1917. SHIPPED TWO ORES, RAVENNA BEING A HARD AND SOFT, RED, HIGH PHOSPHORUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE AND GRIMES BEING A HARD AND SOFT, RED, SILICEOUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. FORMERLY OPERATED BY HOLLISTER IRON MINING CO., AND LATER BY HANNA IRON ORE CO. (THE M.A. HANNA CO., AGENT). REOPENED BY INLAND STEEL CO. WITH ADJACENT PRICKETT PROPERTY IN 1940 (SEE REPORT ON RAVENNA-PRICKETT, SAME FILE). WORKED BY STOPING, UNDERGROUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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 10-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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