Borland Reserve

Prospect 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	10096527
MRDS ID	W028955
Record type	Site
Current site name	Borland Reserve

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-88.61144, 46.07083 (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
	042N	034W	6		Michigan

Comments on the location information

LAT/LON IS FOR THE ORE BODY

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)	-88.61144, 46.07083	ListMap

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	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Menominee Range

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

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. P. 45-56, 88-110.
Deposit

LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 108.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AN OLD EXPLORATION BY VERONA MINING CO. (PICKANDS MATHER AND CO., AGENT), HELD AS A RESERVE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
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

Beyond USGS

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