Imperial Mine

Past Producer in Baraga 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146051
MAS/MILS ID 0260130008
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Mine
Alternate or previous names Farm Mine, Wetmore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.13194, 46.5314 (WGS84)
Elevation 506

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(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 Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 048 N 031 W 25 SWC NW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.13194, 46.5314

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020- FORD MOTOR CO. IS A FORMER OWNER, AS ARE CLEVELAND- IRON CO., AND E.A.WETMORE. WORKED BY TOP SLICING. SOFT, BROWNISH-YELLOW, HIGH PHOSPHORU TOTAL SHIPMENTS AS OF 1933 WERE 2,057,781 TONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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