Victoria Mine

Past Producer in Iron county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10079390
MRDS ID	W028653
Record type	Site
Current site name	Victoria Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-88.3031, 46.11417 (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	22	NW OF NW	Michigan

Comments on the location information

LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE FROM DRILL HOLES, NW OF NW OF SECTION 22.

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.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-88.3031, 46.11417	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Structurally controlled in synclinal body.

Comments on the geologic information

WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Year of first production	1899
Year of last production	1919

Mining district

District name	Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on the production information

ANY PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE IS INCLUDED IN HILLTOP MINE PRODUCTION FIGURES (SAME FILE). EXACT AMOUNTS FROM THIS MINE ARE UNKNOWN. DATE GIVEN IS YEARS OF OPERATION OF HILLTOP.

Comments on the reserve resource information

REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Deposit

JAMES, H. L., DUTTON, C. E., PETTIJOHN, F. J., WIER, K. L., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER, CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, 1968. PP. 45-56, 88-110.
Deposit

LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (1ST ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 155.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	VICTORIA WAS OPERATED WITH HILLTOP AT ONE TIME, ANY SHIPMENTS FROM IT ARE INCLUDED IN THE HILLTOP PRODUCTION FIGURES.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
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

Beyond USGS

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