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Buck Group

Past Producer in Iron county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10291161
MAS/MILS ID 0260710024
Record type Site
Current site name Buck Group
Alternate or previous names Includes Baltic, Berkshire, Buck,, De Grasse, Zimmerman, and Fogarty

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.61445, 46.0581 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaastra(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.61445, 46.0581
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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 1901

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Verona Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickands Mather And Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • SOFT, RED-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPORUS ORE. 17,330,589 TONS SHIPPED 1901 TO 1950. THE BUCK GROUP WAS STILL ACTIVE AT THAT TIME. BUCK, BERKSHIRE, COTTRELL, DE GRASSE, AND ZIMMERMAN FOR LOCATION AND SHIPMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL MINES.

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

Reporter information

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

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

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