| Deposit ID | 10170369 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260710083 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wauseca-Aronson |
| Alternate or previous names | Konwinski |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.64645, 46.1106 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 491 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Iron River(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 043 N | 035 W | 23 | SWSWNE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.64645, 46.1106 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1926 |
| Year of first production | 1926 |
| District name | Menominee Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. A. Hanna Co. |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hanna Coal And Ore Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260710083 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3,771,679 TONS OF HARD, RED, HIGH PHOSPHOROUS ORE HAVE BEEN FROM THIS MINE FROM 1926-1950. THE MINE HAS BEEN WORKED BY LEVEL STOPING. GREATEST DEPTH WAS 1,142 FT. IN 1950. LOCATION IS FOR WAUSECA SHAFT. ARONSON SHAFT, SUNK IN 1947, SHOWN ON THE 1944 IRON RIVER QUAD. THIS SHAFT WOULD PRESUMAB LOCATED SOMEWHERE IN E1/2-NW-SE SEC23-T43N-R35W. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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