| Deposit ID | 10218294 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0260710036 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Davidson Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Davidson No. 1, No.2,, And No. 3, and Barnett. |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.64895, 46.1158 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 485 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Iron(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Iron River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Brule(hydrologic unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 043 N | 035 W | 23 | NENENW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -88.64895, 46.1158 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1911 |
| Year of first production | 1911 |
| District name | Menominee 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 | 1972 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pickands 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 | 0260710036 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P
DUTTON, CARL E. AND ZIMMER, PAUL W., IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF TH
MENOMINEE DISTRICT, MICHIGAN, GRATON SALES ORE DEPOSITS OF U
STATES 1933-1967, VOLUME I, 1968,PP. 539-549.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION IS FOR DAVIDSON NO.1 SHAFT. DAVIDSON NO.2 SHAFT IS METERS TO THE N-NE. DAVIDSON NO.3 IS 640 METERS TO THE E-NE. WORKED BY BACK STOPING AND CAVING. DEPTH OF NO.1 = 950 FT. D NO.2 = 445 FT. DEPTH OF NO.3 = 900 FT. AS OF 1950, NO.1 AND WERE ACTIVE. FROM 1911 TO 1950, 7,287,032 TONS WERE SHIPPED. ORE IS SOFT, YELLOW, HIGH PHOSPHORUS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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