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Ironton Mine

Past Producer in Gogebic 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068379
MRDS ID W001407
Record type Site
Current site name Ironton Mine
Alternate or previous names Peterson Mine
Related records 10068380

Comments on the site names

  • PETERSON MINE NOW. IN PAST; LOWELL; WINONA; FEDERAL; IMPERIAL; TONTINE. NOW PART OF THE PETERSON MINE (W001405).

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.06761, 46.47194 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR BESSEMER, MICHIGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(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 Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047N 046W 17 NE OF NE Michigan
NW OF NE Michigan
SE OF NE Michigan
SW OF NE Michigan
SE OF SE Michigan
SW OF SE Michigan
NE OF SE Michigan
NW OF SE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO JACKPOT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOFT RED-BROWN BESSEMER HEMATITE ; MONTROSE: SOFT RED BROWN NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE,. 60% FE

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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.06761, 46.47194
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GEOLOGY SEE PETERSON MINE; W001405

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1886
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District (Range)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Puritan Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickands Mather and Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1892
    Period 1890-1892
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 37026mt
    Accuracy Accurate
  • Year 1910
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 10668mt
    Accuracy Estimate
  • Year 1941
    Period 1886-1941
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 9628700mt
    Accuracy Estimate

Comments on the production information

  • 1910, WINONA; 1890-1892, FEDERAL; 1886-1941, IRONTON; IN 1941 SOFT ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 548.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • IRONTON, ALIAS LOWELL ALSO INCLUDES WINONA & FEDERAL ALIAS TONTINE OR IMPERIAL; CURRENTLY KNOWN AS PETERSON GROUP 1951

Comments on development

  • FEDERAL MINE (ALSO KNOWN AS IMPERIAL AND TONTINE) SHIPPED 1890-1892. WINONA MINE SHIPPED 1910. 1886-1941 - OPERATED BY CORRIGAN MCKINNEY STEEL CO.; LATER BY REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 174-175, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

  • Production

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR GEOLOGY: SEE PETERSON MINE W001405

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cannon, Suzanne S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1996 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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