Wild Cat Exploration

Prospect in Iron 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310064
MRDS ID LW00064
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Cat Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.65422, 46.09222 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron River(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 42N 34W 18 S1/2 OF SE 1/4 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.65422, 46.09222

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
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron Range

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION SHAFT 95' DEEP

Comments on development

  • GAUNCE GALLUP & ANDREW YOUNG, HURON M. CO., CAMPBELL & ASSOC., M.A. HANNA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, SITE ID 360112, 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

Beyond USGS

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