Marquette Exploration

Prospect in Baraga county in Michigan, United States with commodity Gold
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310056
MRDS ID LW00056
Record type Site
Current site name Marquette Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.04559, 46.74778 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position LANSE TOWNSHIP, LOCATION BASED ON CENTER POINT OF QUARTER, LOCATION BASED ON CENTER POINT OF QUARTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Summit Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 50N 30W 10 NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.04559, 46.74778

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No
Year of first production 1883

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marquette Gold and Silver Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, FILE NUMBER 70009, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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