Manganese Mine

Past Producer in Marquette 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310062
MRDS ID LW00062
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Mine
Alternate or previous names Aetna, Etna, Schadt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.59946, 46.49028 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, LAT/ LONG POINT IS BASED ON CENTER OF MINE AREA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 47N 26W 7 N 1/2 OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Rock description Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.59946, 46.49028

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1895

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maas & Lonstorf, J.W. Schadt, Aetna Minig Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1883
    Material ore Mn-Fe
    Ore mined 990mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, SITE ID 520120, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY

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.