Cayia 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 10079385
MRDS ID W028646
Record type Site
Current site name Cayia Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.27365, 46.09611 (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 26 SE OF NW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED ON SHAFT, SE OF NW OF SECTION 26._ SHAFT IS NORTH OF HWY M-69; WORKINGS ARE SOUTH OF HWY M-69.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Manganite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert to hematite (goethite, limonite) 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.27365, 46.09611

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled, associated with faulting.

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERBEDDED CHERTY IRON FORMATION, MAGNETIC,IN A MARTITE SLATE.

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 1951
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 45204mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • SOFT, RED, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE, CRUSHED. NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND SUB LEVEL STOPING; 2 LEVELS ARE 400' & 600' BELOW COLLAR;

Comments on development

  • INLAND STEEL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A RESERVE PROPERTY, ONCE KNOWN AS D.M. & M., ORIGINALLY HELD BY JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION. UNDER LEASE TO INLAND STEEL CO. IN 1951, ONLY SHIPMENT IN 1954. 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 09-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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