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Lake Superior Group

Past Producer in Marquette 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10292002
MAS/MILS ID 0261030057
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Superior Group
Alternate or previous names Hard Ore, Hematite, Holmes,, Section 16, Section 21, Section 1, 0 Exploration.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.67582, 46.4825 (WGS84)
Elevation 485

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ishpeming(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escanaba(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 027 W 10 SWNWSW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.67582, 46.4825
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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 1858

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL REC

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED BY TOP SLICING. DEPTH = 1450 FT. HARD SILICEOUS BESSE SOFT NON-BESSEMER AND BESSEMER ORES. TOTAL SHIPMENTS AS OF 1945 WERE 25,103,189 TONS.

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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