Berkshire Mine

Past Producer in Ashland county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204769
MAS/MILS ID 0550030001
Record type Site
Current site name Berkshire Mine
Alternate or previous names Pioneer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.62403, 46.3011 (WGS84)
Elevation 511

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ashland(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Whittlesey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bad-Montreal(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Ashland

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 044 N 002 W 09 C SESW Wisconsin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.62403, 46.3011

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020- PIONEER MINING CO. WAS A FORMER OPERATOR. ORE IS A OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE, WHICH WAS CONCENTRATED BY MAGNETI SEPERATION. 3871 TONS WERE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1922 AND 1924. THIS DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED UNDER PENOKEE DEPOSIT - SEQ. NO. 055-003-0011.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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