| Deposit ID | 10194688 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260530013 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ironton Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Now A Part of the Peterson Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -90.06981, 46.4717 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 451 |
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 | E2 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -90.06981, 46.4717 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1886 |
| Year of first production | 1886 |
| District name | Gogebic Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pickands Mather And Co. |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Puritan Mining Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Michigan |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0260530013 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 9,477,067 TONS OF SOFT, REDDISH-BROWN, BESSEMER AND NON-BESS ORE SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY FROM 1886-1941. MINE WAS WORK SUB-LEVEL CAVING TO A DEPTH OF 1,800 FT. AS OF 1950 THE IRONTON PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY PURIT MINING CO. AS PART OF THE PROPOSED PETERSON MINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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