| Deposit ID | 10193993 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260530020 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peterson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes: Puritan, Ironton, Yale,, Jackpot, Dean, Colby, and Tilden, Mines |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.07791, 46.4678 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 451 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gogebic(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bessemer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Black-Presque Isle(hydrologic unit)
Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Gogebic |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 047 N | 046 W | 17 | C SE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -90.07791, 46.4678 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1944 |
| Year of first production | 1951 |
| District name | Gogebic Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Puritan Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pickands Mather And Co. |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260530020 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION IS OF PETERSON SHAFT. ANOTHER SHAFT LIES 400 M. TO THE PETERSON MINE WAS JUST BEING DEVELOPED IN 1950, BUT THE (LISTED ON RECORDS 011-012) WHICH COMPRISE IT HAD AN AGREGAT PRODUCTION OF 30,821,262 TONS OF SOFT, REDDISH BROWN, BESSEM NON-BESSEMER ORE FROM 1884-1941. SEE INDIVIDUAL MINE ENTRIES PURITAN MINING CO. EXPLORED THE PROPERTY FROM 1947-1951 AND 3,900 FOOT SHAFT IN SEPT., 1951. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAI |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Abandoned since 06/10/2026 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 2003372 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Peterson Mine |
| Current operator | Bessemer Iron Ore Company, Inc. |
| Current controller (parent) | Virginia L Poquette |
| Mine type | Surface (Metal / non-metal) |
Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (613 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.
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