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Morton-Manistee

Producer in Manistee county in Michigan, United States with commodities Bromine, Magnesite
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243592
MAS/MILS ID 0261010010
Record type Site
Current site name Morton-Manistee
Alternate or previous names Morton Salt, Morton Chem. Div., Morton Thiokol

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -86.30807, 44.2428 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Manistee(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manistee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manistee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Manitowoc(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Manistee(hydrologic unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northeastern Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Manistee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 021 N 017 W 12 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -86.30807, 44.2428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 30M
    Depth to top 850M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRINES
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 800
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 152
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 145
    Date of Last Modification 840510
  • Area 41HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 41
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Auger Mining - Brine Well
Year of first production 1940
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Morton Chem. Div., Morton Thiokol,Inc., Ventron Division
    Interest 100
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED AT 41 HA.

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description 98% Mgo Product 4366 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 4366mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description 98% Mgo Product 5899 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 5899mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description 98% Mgo Product 3367 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 3367mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description 98% Mgo Product 3373 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 3373mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description 98% Mgo Product 4067 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 4067mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1979
    Description 98% Mgo Product 3652 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 3652mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1980
    Description 98% Mgo Product 6064 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 6064mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1981
    Description 98% Mgo Product 5403 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 5403mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1982
    Description 98% Mgo Product 6443 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 6443mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1983
    Description 98% Mgo Product 1274 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 1274mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1984
    Description 98% Mgo Product 7851 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 7851mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1985
    Description 98% Mgo Product 3191 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 3191mt 98wt-pct
  • Year 1986
    Description 98% Mgo Product 3367 Mt Of Mgo Product
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major MgO Magnesite Magnesium 3367mt 98wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MAGNESIUM FROM DOLIME SUPPLIES APPROXIMATELY 50% OF TOTAL MGO IN PRODUCT. ALTHOUGH MILL RECOVERY FROM BRINES IS 100%, MGO FROM DOLIME GIVES AN EFFECTIVE RECOVERY OF 200%.
  • MAGNESIUM FROM DOLIME SUPPLIES ABOUT 50% OF MAGNESIUM IN FINAL PRODUCT. PLANT RECOVERY IS 100%; PRODUCT GRADE IS 98%.
  • 1940 IS FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION OF MGO PRODUCTS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1984
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Magnesite MgCl2 8.1 wt-pct Magnesium Major 1984

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT, DEPOSIT LIFE IS CONSIDERED TO BE 30 YEARS AT A YEARLY PRODUCTION RATE OF 144,175 MT BRINE, FOR A 30 YEAR PRODUCTION OF 4,325,000 MT.
  • ADIT UPDATE 1993: RESERVES ARE UPDATED IN MATRIX 2. OPERATIONS ARE ONGOING, AND NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE LAST UPDATE.
  • DEPOSIT IS MAGNESIUM-BEARING INTERSTITIAL BRINES WITHIN THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP (DEVONIAN). RESERVES BASED ON A 30 YEAR PRODUCTION LIFE. ACTUAL RESERVES ARE INDEFINITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 850M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method BRINE WELL
    Percent Recovery 100
    Capacity 395
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 0
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • MORTON WELL FIELD CONTAINS 3 EXTRACTION WELLS AND 1 INJECTION WELL, PRODUCING AN ESTIMATED 395 MT/DAY OF BRINE FROM THE FILER SS OF THE DETROIT RIVER GROUP (DEVONIAN), FROM AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 850 M.
  • PLANT ASSUMED TO BE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY, ACTUAL OPERATION IS LESS. TOTAL PLANT PERSONNEL IS 94; PLANT/WELLFIELD OPERATES 24 HOURS/DAY, 365 DAYS/YEAR.
  • PLANT OPERATIONS CONSIST OF BRINE WELL FIELD AND MAGNESIA PLANT WITH SUPPORTING FACILITIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    SMITH, G.I., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN, AND

  • Reserve-Resource

    J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND

  • Deposit

    COOPE, B.M. MAGNESIA MARKETS-REFRACTORY CONTRACTION AND

  • Deposit

    CAUSTIC STAGNATION. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, AUGUST 1983,

  • Deposit

    PP. 57-87.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, K.K. DETROIT RIVER GROUP IN THE MICHIGAN BASIN.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOL. SURV. CIRC. 133, 1951, 22 PP.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.I., C.L. JONES, W.C. CULBERTSON, G.E. ERICKSEN,

  • Deposit

    AND J.R. DYNI. EVAPORITES AND BRINES. CH. IN UNITED

  • Deposit

    STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY D.A. BROBST AND

  • Deposit

    W.P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 820, 1973,

  • Deposit

    PP. 197-216.

  • Deposit

    SORENSEN, H.O., AND R.T. SEGALL. NATURAL BRINES OF THE

  • Deposit

    DETROIT RIVER GROUP, MICHIGAN BASIN. SEC. IN FOURTH

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, ED. BY A.H. COOGAN. NORTHERN OHIO

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SOC., INC., CLEVELAND, OH, V. 1, 1973, PP. 91-99.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF MICHIGAN. MINERAL WELL ACT AND GENERAL RULES

  • Deposit

    CONCERNING MINERAL WELL OPERATIONS. DEPT. OF NAT.

  • Deposit

    RES., PROMULGATED UNDER ACT NO. 314, PUBLIC ACTS OF

  • Deposit

    1969. GEOL. SURV. DIVISION, CIRC. 10, NO DATE, 16 PP.

  • Deposit

    WALDEN, W.A. PRODUCTION OF SALT IN MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF NAT. RES., MINING AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY UNIT.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 1977, 16 PP.; AVAILABLE UPON

  • Deposit

    REQUEST FROM W.A. WALDEN, MICH. DEPT. NAT. RES.,

  • Deposit

    LANSING, MI.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MORTON WAS VISITED BY MAS PERSONNEL IN MARCH OF 1984. DEPOSIT EVALUATED BY DOMESTIC EVALUATIONS GROUP AT MAFO. THE UPDATE WAS DONE NOVEMBER 1987 PRODUCTION FIGURES BY COMMODITY SPECIALIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-96 Bowyer, R.C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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