Skanee Area

Occurrence in Baraga county in Michigan, United States with commodities Vanadium, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. General comments
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008098
MRDS ID D000007
Record type Site
Current site name Skanee Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.25004, 46.83333 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aura(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(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 Baraga

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.25004, 46.83333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, SIEGFRIED, 1914, URANIUM AND VANADIUM, P. 761-763, IN, THE MINERAL INDUSTRY: MCGRAW-HILL, NEW YORK (1915)

  • Deposit

    VICKERS, R. C., 1955, USGS TEI 303

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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