| Deposit ID | 10170551 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260710002 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sherwood Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Inland Steel Company |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.53925, 46.11 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 490 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 043 N | 035 W | 23 | C SENE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Goethite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Mica | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.53925, 46.11 |
|---|
| Thickness | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 805M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 457M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 11HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1851 |
| Year of first production | 1943 |
| District name | Menominee Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
| Ownership category | Municipality |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Inland Steel Corp. |
| ID | 2000428 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Illinois |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 535M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260710002 | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 2000428 |
-- INLAND TO SHIP 290,000 G.T. OF ORE AT SHERWOOD IN 1975, S
INGS MINING REVIEW, V.64, NO.17, 1975
-- SHERWOOD UNDERTAKES NEW UNDERGROUND MINE DEVELOPMENT, ENG
ING AND MINING JOURNAL, V.175, NO.11, 1974
-- NEW CLEANING METHOD USED BY INLAND AT SHERWOOD MINE, SKIL
MINING REVIEW, V.63, NO.46, 1974
-- MONTHLY NORMALS OF TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND HEATIN
COOLING DAYS 1941-70 (MICH), CLIMATOLOGY OF THE U.S., NO.81,
ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SERVICE, NATL CLIMATIC CENTER, ASHEVILLE,
1973
-- INLAND IRON ORE SHIPMENTS AT 2,502,590 G.T. IN 1969, SKIL
MINING REVIEW, V.59, NO.4, 1970
-- LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2ND ED., LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE
CLEVELAND, OHIO, 1952
-- VARIOUS STATISTICAL REPORTS, MICH DEPT OF CONSERVATION, G
DIV, LANSING, MICH, 1952, 1959-74
-- IRON ORE-1974, AMER IRON ORE ASSOC, CLEVELAND, OHIO
-- IRON RIVER QUADRANGLE, MICH, 7.5 MIN, USGS, WASH, DC, 194
-- HAMMES, J.K., ECONOMICS OF PRODUCING AND DELIVERING IRON
PELLETS FROM NORTH AMERICAN TYPE RESOURCES, 27 TH ANNUAL MIN
SYMPOSIUM, MINN SECTION, AIME, 1966
-- JAMES, DUTTON, PETTIJOHN AND WIER, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
THE IRON RIVER-CRYSTAL FALLS DIST, IRON CTY, MICH, USGS PROF
570, 1968
-- JAMES, DUTTON AND WEIR, GEOLOGY AND MAGNETIC DATA FOR NOR
IRON RIVER AREA, MICH GEOL SUR RI-4, 1967
-- BEEN, WALFRED, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS IN THE IRON MI
INDUSTRY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1975
-- ESTIMATING HANDBOOK, CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST SYSTEM, A
MATHEWS INC, BUMINES CONTRACT JO255026, UNPUBLISHED DRAFT CO
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO MICH TECH CONTRACT WORK (GO1550 SCHMIDT, 1976. IRON STANDARDS USED REC 010 COMMODITIES FROM REC 702, PHOSPHORUS IS DELETERIOUS. UATOR IS MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, HOUGHTON, MICH REC 040 COL 17 IN MENOMINEE RANGE. COL 65 BASED ON SURFACE A UTILIZED BY SHAFT AND MINE PLANT, POSSIBLE SUBSIDENCE AREA N INCLUDED REC 080 COL 53 LENGTH OF ORE BODY IN SHERWOOD ONLY. KNOWN TO CONTINUE 1 KM AT VARIOUS LEVELS TO INACTIVE SPIES, VIRGIL, W AND HOMER MINES. COL 63 DOWNDIP EXTENT OF PRESENT MINING OPE , THOUGH CONTINUES TO UNKNOWN DEPTH. COL 69 DIP VARIES, PART WESTWARD PLUNGING SYNCLINE REC 111 BASED ON 10 YEARS PRODUCTION AT CURRENT CAPACITY. MA UNKNOWN. PREVAILING INDUSTRY TRENDS AND HIGH PHOSPHORUS CONT SHERWOOD ORE MAY REDUCE THE LIFE OF THIS MINE REC 120 COL 49 TOTAL LENGTH OF WORKINGS NOT AVAILABLE. COL 6 FROM SUMMARY FILE. COL 69 FROM MATTHEWS COSTING MANUAL, UNRE 1975 DOLLARS. ACQUISITION AND EXPLORATION NOT INCLUDED. SEE S FILE FOR BREAKDOWN REC 160 SHRWOD IS SHERWOOD, IND.HB IS INDIANA HARBOR, IND |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 28-FEB-1986 | Mi-Tech-U | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 06/04/1980 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2000428 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Sherwood Mine |
| Current operator | Inland Steel Mining Company |
| Current controller (parent) | Inland Steel Industries Inc |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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