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Cascade

Prospect in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182920
MAS/MILS ID 0261030226
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade
Alternate or previous names Cleveland-Cliffs Cascade Project, Cascade Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.54171, 46.4389 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escanaba(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 026 W 27 S2 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Martite Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.54171, 46.4389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 36W
    Thickness 384M
    Length 3000M
    Width 1600M
    Area 2500HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70E:36W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2500
    Date of Last Modification 811218

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1845

Mining district

District name Lake Superior

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • PROPOSED PROCESS RECOVERY IS 68.3 PERCENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE REPORTED AS WET GRADE; DRY GRADE IS 37% FE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1050HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Percent Waste Rock 34.9
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 14
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 30900
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 3.25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 3300 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYUM, B. H. THE MARQUETTE MINERAL DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN.

  • Deposit

    21ST ANN. INST. ON LAKE SUPERIOR GEOLOGY, ISHPEMING,

  • Deposit

    MICHIGAN, APRIL 30 - MAY 4, 1975. NORTHERN MICHIGAN

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY, ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN, 1975, 59 PP.

  • Deposit

    THE CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON COMPANY. 1976 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    P. 6.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS TILDEN

  • Deposit

    EXPANSION FEATURES NEW PROCESS TECHNOLOGY. V. 179,

  • Deposit

    NO. 10, OCTOBER 1978, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    GAIR, J. E. BEDROCK GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PALMER

  • Deposit

    QUADRANGLE, MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICHIGAN. U. S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY PROF. PAPER 769, 1975, 159 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAANANEN, A.D. AND W.A. TURCOTTE. FACTORS INFLUENCING

  • Deposit

    SELECTIVE FLOCCULATION-DESLIMING PRACTICE AT THE TILDEN

  • Deposit

    MINE. MIN. ENG., V. 32, NO. 8, AUGUST 1980,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1244-1247.

  • Deposit

    SISSELMAN, R. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS TAKES THE WRAPS OFF

  • Deposit

    REVOLUTIONARY NEW TILDEN IRON ORE PROCESS. ENG. AND

  • Deposit

    MIN. J., V. 176, NO. 10, OCTOBER 1975, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, D. N., JR. CLEVELAND-CLIFFS DEDICATES TILDEN

  • Deposit

    MINE IN MICHIGAN. SKILLINGS' MIN. REV., V. 64, NO. 34,

  • Deposit

    AUGUST 23, 1975, PP. 10 - 17.

  • Deposit

    THOMAS, R. TILDEN WILL DOUBLE CAPACITY BY YEAREND. ENG.

  • Deposit

    AND MIN. J., V. 180, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER 1979,

  • Deposit

    PP. 138 - 143.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-MAR-95 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. — renamed to Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (2017)
    Reorganized and renamed Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 2017 as the parent shifted from iron-ore focus to steelmaking.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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