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Pine Lake Taconite Deposit

Prospect in Iron county in Wisconsin, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082598
MRDS ID W060027
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Lake Taconite Deposit
Related records 10181270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.10011, 46.26389 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body., Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body., Acc Lat/Lon Is From The Usbm Cd-Rom And Is For The Ore Body.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Evelyn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bad-Montreal(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
44N 3E 26,27,28 Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chert Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.10011, 46.26389
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERTY IRON FORMATION OCCURS IN A LAYERED CHLORITE SCHIST SEQUENCE. THE IRON FORMATION CONTAINS THIN CHLORITE SCHIST BANDS. THE CHERTY IRON FORMATION CONTAINS SOME HEMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marenisco Range

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ORE GENERALLY CONTAINS 25 TO 30 PERCENT FE. TESTS HAVE PRODUCED A CONCENTRATE CONTAINING ABOUT 63.2 PERCENT FE AND 10.37 PERCENT SIO2 BY MAGNETIC SEPARATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO BODIES OF MAGNETITE TACONITE STRIKING ABOUT N75E AND DIPPING 65 S. THE EASTERN BODY IS 7,000 FT LONG AND 350 FT WIDE. THE WESTERN ORE BODY IS Y-SHAPED AND UP TO 1,300 FT WIDE AND ABOUT 3,500 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • 19 HOLES DRILLED IN 1954-1957 BY JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP. 14 MORE HOLES DRILLED IN 1963. TOTAL EXPLORED AREA WAS ABOUT 3 MILES LONG AND 600-800 FEET WIDE. AVERAGE IRON CONTENT WAS ABOUT 30-35% ; ECON.COM: A MAGNETIC ANOMALY WAS KNOWN IN THIS AREA LONG BEFORE THE PROPERTY WAS OPTIONED IN 1954 AND LEASED IN 1958 BY JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN PIT COULD REACH A DEPTH OF 500 FT.
Deposit NO OUTCROP IN THE AREA: 33 DRILL HOLES DRILLED: NO PRODUCTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-95 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-96 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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