Odgers Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106109
MRDS ID W028630
Record type Site
Current site name Odgers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.35226, 46.09528 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 043N 032W 30 SE OF NE Michigan
SW OF NE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF PROPERTY. THE APPROXIMATE MID-POINT BETWEEN THE TWO SHAFTS IS IN S1/2 OF NE OF SECTION 30

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.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.35226, 46.09528

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled, on flank of an anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1935

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1935
    Period 1916-1935
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 2135003mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 52wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS SOFT, REDDISH-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. CRUSHED AND GRADE SHIPPED. GRADE GIVEN IS AN AVERAGE OF PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FROM 1916, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1929, 1935.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND STOPING METHOD WITH 3 SHAFTS WITH 6 MAIN HAULAGE LEVELS; CONNECTED TO GENESEE & TOBIN MINES

Comments on development

  • CORRIGAN MCKINNEY STEEL CO,, REPUBLIC STEEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED IN 1916; SHIPPED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1935 EXCEPT 1931. OPERATED BY CORRIGAN MCKINNEY STEEL CO., WHICH MERGED WITH REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. IN 1935. REPUBLIC SURRENDERED LEASE IN 1936. WORKED BY STOPING METHOD, UNDERGROUND.

Reporter information

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 10-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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