Iron Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Dodge county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10229851
MAS/MILS ID	0550270001
Record type	Site
Current site name	Iron Ridge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-88.53445, 43.4247 (WGS84)
Elevation	326

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dodge(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayville South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oconomowoc(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Madison(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rock(hydrologic unit)

Rock(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rock(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Wisconsin	Dodge

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-88.53445, 43.4247	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface-Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1849

Mining district

District name	Mayville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Oliver Iron Mining Co.

Interest 100

Home office Minnesota

Year 1976

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Oliver Iron Mining Co.
Interest	100
Home office	Minnesota
Year	1976

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0550270001

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ORE IS OOLITIC, SOFT, YELLOW-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS. FROM 19 1914, 235873 TONS WERE SHIPPED. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FOR THE 1849-1892 IS 200000 TONS.

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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