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Degrasse Mine

Past Producer in Iron 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 10079400
MRDS ID W028926
Record type Site
Current site name Degrasse Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.60588, 46.05472 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaastra(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
042N 034W 7 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED ON SHAFT IN SW OF NE OF SECTION 07

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.

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) -88.60588, 46.05472
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphically controlled.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL BEDDED CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION. (RIVERTON)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 29141mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS SOFT, RED-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. GRADE SHIPPED. NO PRODUCTION ANALYSIS AVAILABLE. OPERATION PAST 1950 IS RECORDED IN BUCK MINE REPORT AS GROUP OPERATION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FORMER RESERVE PROPERTY OF THE VERONA MINING CO. (PICKANDS MATHER AND CO., AGENT), WHICH WAS ACQUIRED IN 1943. FIRST SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM THIS PROPERTY IN 1950. IT WAS OPERATED WITH THE ZIMMERMAN MINE AS PART OF THE BUCK GROUP, WHICH REMAINED OPEN UNTIL 1962. SEE THE BUCK MINE REPORT FOR PRODUCTION FIGURES OF THE GROUP AS A WHOLE THROUGH 1962.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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

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