Gomanche Creek Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Baraga county in Michigan, United States with commodity Granite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121397
MAS/MILS ID 0260130031
Record type Site
Current site name Gomanche Creek Slate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.35224, 46.7625 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aura(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

La Posta Reservation(Reservation)

Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 050 N 032 W 06 N2C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.35224, 46.7625

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN,R.C.MICH.GEOL.AND BIOL.SURV.PUBL.16,MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF MICH.1914,PP 94

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.