| Deposit ID | 10079313 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028532 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Erie Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Freemont |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.06559, 46.4475 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marquette(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Witch Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Iron River(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Marquette |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 047N | 030W | 28 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | Migmatitic gneiss and amphibolite (Late to Early Archean) |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1876 |
| Year of last production | 1883 |
| District name | Marquette Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1876-1885 |
| Material | ore Fe |
| Ore mined | 9341mt |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, REPUBLIC STEEL CO., 1949 ; CLEVELAND - CLIFFS IRON CO., 1965 ; SECTION FILES OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 106 .
KLASNER, J. S., AND CANNON, W. F., 1976 , GEOLOGIC MAP AND GEOPHYSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WITCH LAKE QUADRANGLE, MARQUETTE, IRON AND BARAGA COUNTIES, MICHIGAN: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES, MAP I-987 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED 1876 . FIRST OPERATED BY RAWLE, NOBLE AND CO., AND LATER BY ERIE IRON CO. SHIPPED 1876 , 1882 - 1883 . CLOSED IN 1885 . EXPLORATIONS BY E. F. BRADT, 1901 ; REPUBLIC STEEL CORP., 1949 ; CLEVELAND - CLIFFS IRON CO. 1965 . (DRILL HOLE DATA AVAILABLE FROM THESE EXPLORATIONS, SEE REFERENCE ON SECTION FILES.) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) | Michigan Geological Survey Division | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1997 | Sutphin, D.M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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