Tully 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 10079413
MRDS ID W028943
Record type Site
Current site name Tully Mine

Comments on the site names

  • AFTER 1926 LOWER LEVELS WERE MINED UNDER CANNON MINE NAME. SEPARATE PRODUCTION RECORDS

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.62338, 46.07417 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gaastra(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 035W 36 SE OF SE Michigan
SW OF SE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 OF SE OF SECTION 36. LAT/LON IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE

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, 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) -88.62338, 46.07417

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphically controlled.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL BEDDED CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1926

Mining district

District name Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1910-1950
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 1171668mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fe Iron Iron 54wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS SOFT, RED, NON-BESSEMER HEMATITE. GRADE GIVEN IS AN AVERAGE OF PRODUCTION ANALYSIS FOR 1910, 1913, 1916, 1919, 1921.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REMAINING IRON FORMATION IS NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WITH 3 SHAFTS & 4 MAIN HAULAGE LEVELS; LATER BECAME PART OF CANNON GROUP

Comments on development

  • CORRIGAN MCKINNEY STEEL CO AND M.A. HANNA;

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPENED 1909. SHIPPED 1910, 1911, 1913-1919, 1921, 1922, AND 1926. FORMERLY OPERATED BY CORRIGAN MCKINNEY AND CO., THEN ACQUIRED BY HANNA IRON ORE CO. WORKED BY MILLING METHOD, UNDERGROUND. AFTER 1950 THIS MINE, ALONG WITH THE BENGAL MINE BECAME A PART OF THE CANNON MINE (SEE SEPARATE REPORT, THIS FILE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Yeager, Keith (Cannon, W.) Michigan Geological Survey Division
Updater 02-FEB-1996 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 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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