| Deposit ID | 10194209 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0261030089 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Queen Group- Now Includes Buffalo |
| Alternate or previous names | And South Buffalo Tracts. |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.58062, 46.4958 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 396 |
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)
Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)
Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)
Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Marquette |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 047 N | 026 W | 05 | W2SE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Menominee Group; Negaunee Iron-formation |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1886 |
| Year of first production | 1886 |
| District name | Marquette Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oliver Iron Mining Co. (Formerly) |
| Home office | Minnesota |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0261030089 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952,
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PRINCE OF WALES AND QUEEN TRACTS WHICH COMPRISE NEARLY A THE E1/2-SW-SEC.5 WAS A PART OF THE QUEEN GROUP DURING ITS A PERIOD. THESE TRACTS ARE NOW PART OF THE REGENT GROUP. DURING THE ACTIVE PERIOD FROM 1886-1917, THE QUEEN GROUP PRO 8,195,123 TONS OF HARD AND SOFT, DARK RED, NON-BESSEMER ORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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