| Deposit ID | 10079387 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028649 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Book Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.3706, 46.05611 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 042N | 033W | 12 | NE OF NE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Stilpnomelane | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Model code | 241 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34a |
| Deposit model name | Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation) |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -88.3706, 46.05611 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1958 |
| District name | Menominee Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1943-1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 2354603mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 108.
SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, NORTH RANGE MINING CO., 1944, 1946, SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.M., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 38-40, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED IN 1942, SHIPPED THROUGH 1958. OPERATED BY NORTH RANGE MINING CO. ORIGINALLY AN OPEN PIT MINE, BUT CONVERTED TO UNDERGROUND USING STOPING METHOD. |
| 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 |
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