| Deposit ID | 10106117 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W028923 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cottrell Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mcgill Exploration |
| Geographic coordinates: | -88.61755, 46.06333 (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 | NE OF SE | 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) | -88.61755, 46.06333 |
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | Menominee Range |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1916 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1915-1916 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ore Fe | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 76336mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 112.
CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1917, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (3RD ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 247-248.
JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 102-103, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPENED 1915, SHIPPED 1915-1916. OPERATED BY THE BRULE MINING CO. (OGLEBAY, NORTON AND CO., AGENT). LATER BECAME PART OF BERKSHIRE OPERATED BY YOUNGSTOWN MINE CORP. AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY THE VERONA MINING CO. (PICKANDS MATHER AND CO., AGENT). ACQUIRED IN 1934 FROM DETROIT AND MARQUETTE LAND CO. BY HANNA IRON ORE CO. AND HELD SINCE. THE VERONA MINING CO. HAD A PERMIT FROM THE HANNA IRON ORE CO. TO USE THE MINE IN OPERATING THE BERKSHIRE MINE, WHICH ADJOINS IT. NO SHIPMENTS SINCE 1916. UNDERGROUND. |
| 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 | |
| Updater | 09-AUG-2001 | Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
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