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Martin Marietta-Manistee

Producer in Manistee county in Michigan, United States with commodity Magnesite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193982
MAS/MILS ID 0261010009
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Marietta-Manistee

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -86.29137, 44.2242 (WGS84)
Elevation 190
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manistee(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manistee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manistee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Manitowoc(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Manistee(hydrologic unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Manistee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 021 N 016 W 18 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -86.29137, 44.2242
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Depth to top 850M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRINES
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 800
    Date of Last Modification 840510
  • Area 65HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 65
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1944
Mining method Auger Mining - Brine Well
Year of first production 1969
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Martin Marietta Basic Products
    Interest 100
    Home office Maryland
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED AT 65 HA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description Mgo Product 155213 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 155213mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Mgo Product 140996 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 140996mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Mgo Product 181332 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 181332mt
  • Year 1977
    Description 98.5% Mgo Product 203372 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 203372mt 99wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description 98.5% Mgo Product 218572 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 218573mt 99wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description 98.5% Mgo Product 232896 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 232896mt 99wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description 98.5% Mgo Product 187618 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 187618mt 99wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description 98.5% Mgo Product 176369 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 176369mt 99wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description Mgo Product 167428 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 167428mt
  • Year 1983
    Description Mgo Product 171935 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 171935mt
  • Year 1984
    Description Mgo Product 169562 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 169562mt
  • Year 1985
    Description Mgo Product 168470 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 168470mt
  • Year 1986
    Description Mgo Product 164561 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Magnesite Magnesium 164561mt

Comments on the production information

  • MAGNESIUM FROM DOLIME SUPPLIES ABOUT 50% OF MAGNESIUM IN FINAL PRODUCT.
  • 1969 IS FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION OF HIGH PURITY MGO PRODUCTS (98.5 % MGO). PRODUCT INCLUDES 88% MGO PRODUCTION UNTIL 1977. THE COMMODITY SPECIALIST ASSUMES THAT PRODUCTION FROM THE MIDLAND PLANT IS INCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES
  • PLANT RECOVERY FOR BRINES IS ASSUMED TO BE 100%; OVERALL RECOVERY, INCLUDING DOLIME, IS 200%.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Magnesite MgCl2 0.081 wt-pct Magnesium Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MARTIN MARIETTA 1983 10-K REPORT STATES THAT RESERVE HOLDINGS ARE SUFFICIENT FOR 100 YEARS OF PRODUCTION.
  • DEPOSIT IS MAGNESIUM-BEARING INTERSTITIAL BRINES WITHIN THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP (DEVONIAN). RESERVES BASED ON A 30 YEAR PRODUCTION LIFE. ACTUAL RESERVES ARE INDEFINITE.
  • ADIT UPDATE 1993: UPDATED RESERVES FOR ADIT ARE SHOWN IN Q- MATRIX 2. OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE NOTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 850M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BRINE WELL
    Percent Recovery 100
    Capacity 10441
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • MANISTEE WELL FIELD CONTAINS 27 EXTRACTION WELLS AND 7 INJECTION WELLS, PRODUCING AN ESTIMATED 10441 MT/DAY OF BRINE FROM THE FILER SS LENTIL OF THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP (DEVONIAN), FROM AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 850 M.
  • PLANT BOOK VALUE AS OF JANUARY 1983 IS $21,000,000. WORKING CAPITAL IS 90 DAYS OPERATING COSTS. COST FOR BRINE EXTRACTION AND TRANSPORT INCLUDED IN PLANT OPERATING COST. COST FOR DOLIME PURCHASE AND TRANSPORTATION INCLUDED IN PLANT OPERATING COST. PRODUCT MARKET COST IS AN ESTIMATED $437/MT. COSTS FOR BRINE EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT, AND INJECTION ARE INCLUDED IN PLANT OP COSTS. PLANT OPERATING COSTS INCREASE BY 30% AFTER 15 YRS., TO COMPENSATE FOR HIGHER MAINTENANCE COSTS.
  • OPERATION REQUIRES 807 MT DOLIME/DAY AT 44% MGO.
  • PLANT ASSUMED TO BE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY, ACTUAL OPERATION IS LESS. TOTAL PLANT PERSONNEL IS 250; PLANT/WELLFIELD OPERATES 24 HOURS/DAY, 365 DAYS/YEAR. PLANT OPERATIONS CONSIST OF BRINE WELL FIELD AND MAGNESIA PLANT WITH SUPPORTING FACILITIES. ONLY MAGNESIA IS RECOVERED FROM THE BRINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPE, B.M. MAGNESIA MARKETS-REFRACTORY CONTRACTION AND CAUSTIC STAGNATION. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1983, PP. 57-87.

  • Deposit

    GANN, J.A. THE MAGNESIUM INDUSTRY. PRES. AT MEETING OF AICHE, DETROIT, MI, JUNE 4-6, 1930. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY, V. 22, NO. 7, JULY 1930, PP. 694-700.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTONE, S.J., AND M.G. JOHNSTONE. MINERALS FOR THE CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES. WILEY. 2ND ED., 1961, PP. 336-360.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, K.K. DETROIT RIVER GROUP IN THE MICHIGAN BASIN. U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 133, 1951, 22 PP.

  • Deposit

    MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION. FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982. 1983, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION. FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1982. 1983, P. 4.

  • Deposit

    MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION. MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION PLANS $14 MILLION MAGNESIUM OXIDE EXPANSION. PRESS RELEASE, DECEMBER 28, 1978.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.I., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN, AND J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 197-216.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.I., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN, AND J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES. ED. BY D.A. BROBST, AND W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 197-216.

  • Deposit

    SORENSEN, H.O., AND R.T. SEGALL. NATURAL BRINES OF THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP, MICHIGAN BASIN. SEC. IN FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, ED. BY A.H. COOGAN. NORTHERN OHIO GEOL. SOC. INC., CLEVELAND, OH, V. 1, 1973, PP. 91-99.

  • Deposit

    SORENSEN, H.O., AND R.T. SEGALL. NATURAL BRINES OF THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP, MICHIGAN BASIN. SEC. IN FOURTH SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, ED. BY A.H. COOGAN. NORTHERN OHIO GEOL. SOC., INC., CLEVELAND, OH, V. 1, 1973, PP. 91-99.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF MICHIGAN. MINERAL WELL ACT AND GENERAL RULES CONCERNING MINERAL WELL OPERATIONS. PROMULGATED UNDER ACT NO. 315, PUBLIC ACTS OF 1969. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GEOL. SURVEY DIVISION CIRC. 10, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    STOUT, W. DOLOMITES AND LIMESTONES OF WESTERN OHIO. GEOL. SURV. OF OHIO. FOURTH SERIES, BULL. 42, 1941, 468 PP.

  • Deposit

    WALDEN, W.A. PRODUCTION OF SALT IN MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NAT. RES., MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY UNIT UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1977. 16 PP. AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FROM W.A. WALDEN, MICH. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., LANSING, MI.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARTIN MARIETTA-MANISTEE WAS VISITED BY MAFO PERSONNEL IN MARCH OF 1984. DEPOSIT EVALUATED BY DOMESTIC EVALUATIONS GROUP AT MAFO. THE UPDATE WAS DONE NOVEMBER 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1996 Bowyer, R.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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