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Hiawatha No. 1

Past Producer in Iron 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121491
MAS/MILS ID 0260710050
Record type Site
Current site name Hiawatha No. 1
Alternate or previous names Includes-Part of Wickwire, Anna,, West Hiawatha, Chatham, Stegmille, R, and North Hiawatha

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.64535, 46.0753 (WGS84)
Elevation 454
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron River(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
Michigan 043 N 035 W 35 C SWSE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.64535, 46.0753
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1893
Year of first production 1893

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Iron Ore Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner M. A. Hanna Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE

  • Deposit

    PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9,883,904 TONS OF HARD, RED, HIGH PHOSPHOROUS ORE HAVE BEEN FROM THIS MINE FROM 1893 TO 1950. HIAWATHA NO. 1 SHAFT IS WO STOPING. GREATEST DEPTH IN 1950 WAS 2,100 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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