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Aragon Mine

Past Producer in Dickinson county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082669
MRDS ID W062018
Record type Site
Current site name Aragon Mine
Alternate or previous names Smith White Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.9042, 45.79222 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 3/4 MI WNW OF VULCAN, MI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dickinson(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Menominee(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 Dickinson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
T39N R29W N1/2 - NW1/4 9 Michigan
T39N R29W 8 Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LON IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Goethite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching of silica or replacement by iron oxides or a combination of these processes.

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
    Rock unit name Vulcan Iron Formation
    Rock description Vulcan Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.9042, 45.79222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Major troughs into which Iron fm. has slumped; regional trends are E-W to N

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1849
Year of first production 1889
Year of last production 1932
Production years 1889-1932

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron District

Production statistics

  • Year 1931
    Period 1889-1931
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 11339551mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED THROUGH THE PORT AT ESCANABA, MI. LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, HAS PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR INDIVIDUAL MINES AND LEASES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IRON ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN DICKINSON COUNTY IN 1849; THE FIRST SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1877, AND PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1959. IRON ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN IRON COUNTY IN 185; THE FIRST SHIPMENTS WERE MADE IN 1882, AND PRODUCTION WAS CONTINUING IN 1966.
  • BAYLEY, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE MENOMINEE IRON-BEARING DISTRICT, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 513, 96 P.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VULCAN IRON FORMATION CONSISTS OF THINLY BEDDED LAYERS OF MAGNETITE, MARTITE, AND SPECULARITE, ALTERNATING WITH QUARTZ-RICH LAYERS; MINOR LOW-IRON SILICATE MINERALS ARE PRESENT (DUTTON AND ZIMMER, 1968). THE FORMATION RANGES FROM 300-800 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1995 Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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