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Lotta Prospect

Prospect 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310067
MRDS ID LW00067
Record type Site
Current site name Lotta Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.19671, 46.17139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position MANSFIELD TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kiernan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Michigamme(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 44N 31W 33 NW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • LOOKS LIKE "MINE" WOULD BE ON AN ISLAND IN SECTION 33 IN MICHIGAMME RESERVOIR, EXACT LOCATION IS NOT CERTAIN, POSSIBLY IN SW 1/4 AT MICHIGAMME MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.19671, 46.17139
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Significant No

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron Range

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, SITE ID 360078, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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

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