Detroit Graphite Co. Graphite Quarry

Producer in Baraga county in Michigan, United States with commodity Graphite
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082848
MRDS ID W062206
Record type Site
Current site name Detroit Graphite Co. Graphite Quarry

Comments on the site names

  • DEPOSIT INCLUDED IN USBM, 1995, MAS/MILS CD-ROM.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.34726, 46.63472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ACC LAT/LON IS FOR THE ORE BODY, ACC LAT/LON IS FOR THE ORE BODY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sturgeon(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Baraga

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 049N 032W 19 NE OF NE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.34726, 46.63472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKED FOR A FEW YEARS IN LATE 1890'S. MATERIAL MINED WAS USED IN PAINT FOR NAVAL VESSELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-96 Sutphin, D.M. (Cannon, W.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-97 Sutphin, D.M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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