Youngstown Mine

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079368
MRDS ID W028623
Record type Site
Current site name Youngstown Mine

Comments on the site names

  • AFTER 1926 COMBINED WITH BRISTOL. SEE BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.34671, 46.10556 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Falls(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 043N 032W 20 SW OF SW Michigan
NW OF SW Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATED AT THE CENTER OF THE BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN PROPERTY. SHAFT LOCATED IN NW OF SW OF SECTION 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Goethite Ore
Chert Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Stilpnomelane Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Mica Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones

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) -88.34671, 46.10556

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled on synclinal flank.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1897

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1897
    Period 1882-1897
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 153848mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 48wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS CRUSHED, HARD, BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS AND MANGANIFEROUS, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE-GRADE GIVEN IS AVERAGE PRODUCTION ANALYSIS AVAILABLE FROM ADJACENT BRISTOL MINE, THESE TWO LATER INCORPORATED AS BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND MILLING METHOD WITH 1 SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OLIVER MINING CO AND OGLEBAY NORTON CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1882, SHIPPED 1882-1884, 1886-1888, 1890-1891, 1895 AND 1897. FORMERLY AN OLIVER IRON MINING CO OPERATION FOR THE ILLINOIS STEEL CO. FROM 1926 TO 1933 THE NW-SW OF SECTION 20 WAS OPERATED BY OGLEBAY, NORTON AND CO. FOR THE BRISTOL MINING CO., UNDER AGREEMENT WITH THE OLIVER MINING CO, AS PART OF THE BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN. LEASED BY INLAND STEEL CO. IN 1949 AND REOPENED AS BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN WITH SHIPMENTS FROM 1950-1969. (SEE REPORT BRISTOL-YOUNGSTOWN, SAME FILE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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
Updater 13-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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