| Deposit ID | 10079388 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028650 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Balkan-Judson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Balkan Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.37865, 46.03889 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Fortune Lakes(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 | 13 | NE OF NW | 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 | ||
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| (1) | -88.37865, 46.03889 |
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| Year of last production | 1935 |
| District name | Menominee Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1935 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1882-1935 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 4512868mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C. B., INC., 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR. (3RD, 4TH, 5TH, 6TH, 7TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 239, 258; 216, 233-234; 267, 284; 285-286; 275-276 RESPECTIVELY.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 145.
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 11-12, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | JUDSON FIRST OPENED 1913, AND THE BALKAN IN 1915. FORMERLY SEPARATE OPERATIONS BUT CONNECTED LATER AND ALL ORE PRODUCED THROUGH JUDSON SHAFT. OPERATED BY BALKAN MINING CO. UNTIL THE END OF 1935 WHEN LEASE WAS SURRENDERED TO THE FEE OWNERS. WORKED BY STOPING AND SLICING. MASTODON MINE FORMERLY A PART OF BALKAN-JUDSON, SEPARATE REPORT AVAILABLE IN THIS FILE. JUDSON BEGAN BY SHIPPING THREE GRADES, ALL NON-BESSEMER, CRUSHED HEMATITE. AFTER CONNECTION, ONLY ONE GRADE SHIPPED. UNDERGROUND. |
| 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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