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Monongahela (New) Mine

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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310070
MRDS ID LW00070
Record type Site
Current site name Monongahela (New) Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.3681, 46.08639 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position CRYSTAL FALLS TOWNSHIP, CENTER OF SECTION FRACTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Falls(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 43N 33W 36 SE NE Michigan

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) -88.3681, 46.08639
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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 Past Producer
Significant No
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1934

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M.A. Hanna and Republic Steel

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Period 1901-1934
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 1227050mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPES TO THE NORTH OF SHAFT ARE EXTENSION OF ORE BODY THAT WAS MINED BY COLUMBIA MINE PIT, SHAFT MAINLY SERVED AS ESCAPE SHAFT WHILE MUCH EXTRACTION WAS BY WAY OF TOBIN-COLUMBIA MINE TO EAST. CAVED AREAS ARE WATER FILLED, MINED THE ORE BODY WEST OF COLUMBIA OPEN PIT FIRST AS OPEN PIT, THEN UNDERGROUND, EXTENDING SOUTH TO MEET CARPENTER MINE, SHARES LARGE CAVED AREA WITH CARPENTER MINE; SUMP WAS AT 769' ELE. AND 637' BELOW COLLAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, SITE ID 360084, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,

  • Production

    UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-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.

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