| Deposit ID | 10079422 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028957 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Buck Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.61838, 46.05944 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Iron |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 042N | 035W | 1 | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Stilpnomelane | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Model code | 241 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34a |
| Deposit model name | Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation) |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| Rock unit name | Riverton Iron-Formation | ||
| Rock description | Riverton Iron-Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -88.61838, 46.05944 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| Year of last production | 1950 |
| District name | Menominee Range |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Verona Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pickands Mathers and Co. |
| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1922-1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 5499608mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1901-1962 |
| Material | ore Fe |
| Ore mined | 21999955mt |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 109-110.
CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (7TH ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 261.
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 59-62, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED IN 1922, AND BECAME GROUP OPERATION ALONG WITH BALTIC AND FOGARTY MINES (SEE SEPARATE REPORTS; SAME FILE), WHICH HAD BEEN IN OPERATION PREVIOUSLY. BUCK SHIPPED EVERY YEAR THROUGH 1950, EXCEPT 1932. OPERATED BY VERONA MINING CO. WORKED BY STOPING AND SLICING, UNDERGROUND. BUCK GROUP OPERATION SHIPPED THROUGH 1962, AND INCLUDED BALTIC, BERKSHIRE, DEGRASSE, FOGARTY AND ZIMMERMAN MINES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-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 | |
| Editor | 23-JUL-2002 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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