| Deposit ID | 10080410 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031543 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wakefield Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.95149, 46.46917 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gogebic(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wakefield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wakefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)
Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Gogebic |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 047N | 045W | 17 | NE OF SW | Michigan |
| NW OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Martite | 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 | ||
| Rock unit name | Ironwood Iron-Formation | ||
| Rock description | Ironwood Iron-Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -89.95149, 46.46917 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1912 |
| Year of first production | 1913 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| Production years | WAKEFILED MINE CLOSED IN 1959. |
| District name | Gogebic Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1913-1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 14098016mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 60.
CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1914, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (2ND-7TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 181, 235-236,212, 262-263, 282, 254-255 RESPECTIVELY.
JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 257-260, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED 1913, SHIPPED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1944 EXCEPT 1921 AND 1932. SHIPPED AGAIN (PRESUMABLY FROM STOCKPILE) FROM 1956-1958. INITIALLY OPERATED BY WAKEFIELD IRON CO., LATER BY HANNA IRON ORE CO., (M.A. HANNA CO., AGENT). OPEN PIT WAS EXHAUSTED IN 1944. FORMERLY INCLUDED THE N 1/2 OF SW OF SECTION 16, WHICH BECAME PART OF PLYMOUTH MINE PROPERTY, CALLED PLYMOUTH-LOOMIS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-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 | 07-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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