| Deposit ID | 10106103 |
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| MRDS ID | W028536 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steward Mine (Orleans) |
| Alternate or previous names | Orleans, Stewart |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.15726, 46.53611 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Baraga(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Three Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Michigamme(hydrologic unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Baraga |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 048N | 031W | 23 | SW OF SW | Michigan |
| SE OF SW | Michigan | ||||
| NE OF SW | Michigan | ||||
| NW OF SW | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Grunerite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Jasper | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| Rock unit name | Negaunee Iron-Formation | ||
| Rock description | Negaunee Iron-Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -88.15726, 46.53611 |
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| Year of last production | 1878 |
| District name | Marquette Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Orleans Iron Co (alias Iron King) |
| Year | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1874-1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 3035mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1938 , LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES ( 1ST ED. ): CLEVELAND, OHIO, P. 120 .
SECTION FILES, MICHIGAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO., 1950 , STEWARD MINE EXPLORATION, SECTION FILES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
JOHNSON, A, 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, BARAGA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AN EXPLORATION OPENED IN 1874 BY STEWARD IRON CO., LEASED IN 1877 BY CURLEY AND GLEASON WHO OPERATED IT IN 1878 . SHIPPED IN 1874 , 1877 , 1878 . LATER HELD BY ORLEANS IRON CO. INACTIVE PROPERTY IS NOW LOCATED WITHIN BARAGA STATE FOREST BOUNDARIES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | 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 | |
| Updater | 06-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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