Balkan-Judson Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10267899
MAS/MILS ID 0260710015
Record type Site
Current site name Balkan-Judson Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Longyear, Mcgovern, And, D Mastadon., A Part of Alpha. Formerly Include

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.38224, 46.0369 (WGS84)
Elevation 430

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortune Lakes(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 042 N 033 W 13 C E2W2 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.38224, 46.0369

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1913

Mineral rights holdings

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inland Steel Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020- BALKAN MINING CO. WAS A FORMER OPERATOR. WORKED BY AND SLICING. DEPTH = 710 FT. SOFT, RED, HIGH PHOSPHORUS, AND MANGANIFEROUS ORE. 3,994,484 TONSSHIPPED FROM 1914 TO 1935.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.