Youngs 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 10106123
MRDS ID W028947
Record type Site
Current site name Youngs Mine
Alternate or previous names Newman, Smuggler

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.61866, 46.0575 (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
Michigan 042N 035W 12 NE OF NE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED ON SHAFT IN NE OF NE OF SECTION 12.

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
    Rock unit name Riverton Iron-Formation
    Rock description Riverton Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.61866, 46.0575

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

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1905-1928
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 815595mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS HARD, RED, BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. GRADE SHIPPED. GRADE GIVEN IS AN AVERAGE OF PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR ALL ORE SHIPPED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND BACK AND SUBSTOPING METHOD, 3 SHAFTS WITH 6 HAULAGE LEVELS. MINE IS CONNECTED TO FOGARTY MINE COUPLE UPPER LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • HURON IRON MINING CO., G.W. YOUNGS MINING CO., FLORENCE IRON CO., NEWMAN ORE CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1905. SHIPPED 1905-1913, 1916-1918, 1920, 1927-1928. PRIOR TO 1914, OPERATED BY HURON IRON MINING CO. (LAKE ERIE ORE CO., AGENT); G.W. YOUNGS MINING CO. WAS THE OPERATOR FROM 1914-1919; THE FLORENCE IRON CO. FROM 1920-1923; AND THE NEWMAN ORE CO. (MARQUETTE ORE CO., AGENT) FROM 1923-1929. ALSO KNOWN AS THE NEWMAN. WORKED BY BACK AND SUB-STOPING, UNDERGROUND. A CAVE-IN UNDER COUNTY ROAD 424 CAUSED A DEATH IN 1957,

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
Updater 13-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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