| Deposit ID | 10106144 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W030499 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Castile-Meteor Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Comet |
| Geographic coordinates: | -89.90816, 46.48139 (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)
Federal lands
Ottawa National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Gogebic |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 047N | 045W | 10 11 | SW 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 | ||
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| (1) | -89.90816, 46.48139 |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gogebic Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1929 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1890-1929 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 1119632mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 182
CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1911, 1914, 1917, 1920, 1923, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (1ST-5TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO, PP. 81-82, 167, 218, 195-196, 245-246 RESPECTIVELY.
HANNA, T.A., 1902, STATE OF MICHIGAN MINES AND MINERAL STATISTICS, MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN. P. 75.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | METEOR (COMET) OPENED IN 1890, SHIPPED 1890-1894 AND 1899-1904. OPERATED BY CORRIGAN MCKINNEY STEEL CO. CASTILE OPENED 1906, SHIPPED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1923 EXCEPT 1908 AND 1921. CASTILE, AND LATER THE CASTILE - METEOR, WAS OPERATED BY CASTILE MINING CO. (OGLEBAY, NORTON AND CO., AGENT). WORKED BY SLICING AND CAVING METHOD, UNDERGROUND. SHIPMENT IN 1929 WAS FROM METEOR STOCKPILE. THE CASTILE WAS LEASED IN 1941, AND THE METEOR IN 1943 BY SUNDAY LAKE IRON CO., AND HAVE SINCE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SUNDAY LAKE PROPERTY (SEE SEPARATE REPORT, SAME FILE). |
| 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 |
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