Hope 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 10079378
MRDS ID W028636
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Mine
Alternate or previous names Wauneta & Blaney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.28643, 46.09111 (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 27 SE OF SE Michigan
NE OF SE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • CENTERED ON SHAFT IN E 1/2 OF SE OF SECTION 27.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Goethite Ore
Limonite Ore
Chert Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert to hematite (goethite, limonite) 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) -88.28643, 46.09111

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structurally controlled, associated with faulting.

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERBEDDED, MAGNETIC CHERTY IRON FORMATION, IN A MARTITE SLATE.

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 1892
Year of last production 1903

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1903
    Period 1892-1903
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 28986mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 52wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS HARD, RED, HIGH PHOSPHORUS HEMATITE, GRADE GIVEN IS FROM 1902 ANALYSIS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND UNDERGROUND WITH 1 SHAFT OF ABOUT 350' DEEP . 2 LEVELS DRIFTED ABOUT 300' ALONG THE STRIKE; PIT BEARING 10 NW IS 125' X 80' X 25' DEEP, SMALLER PITS ARE EAST OF LARGE PIT,

Comments on development

  • OLIVER MINING CO., OGLEBAY NORTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1892, SHIPPED 1892-1893, 1902-1903, NE-SE SECTION 27 WAS FORMERLY OPERATED BY HOPE IRON MINING CO. SE-SE SECTION 27, KNOWN AS SOUTH HOPE, WAS OPERATED THROUGH HOPE. PRESENT HOPE PROPERTY ONCE KNOWN AS WAUNETA AND BLANEY, AND ONCE OPERATED BY OLIVER MINING CO. UNDERGROUND.

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 10-AUG-2001 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

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