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Bengal-Tully Mine

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 10121721
MAS/MILS ID 0260710017
Record type Site
Current site name Bengal-Tully Mine
Alternate or previous names Bengal, Tully, Cannon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.62145, 46.0786 (WGS84)
Elevation 480
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

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
Michigan 043 N 035 W 36 C N2SE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.62145, 46.0786
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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
Year of first production 1909

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 BENGAL WORKED BY STOPING AND SLICING, TULLY WORKED BY MILLIN. DEPTH OF BENGAL = 875 FT. SOFT, RED-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHORUS. O A NEW SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS SHAFT, THE MINE WAS TO BE CALLED CANNON. PRODUCTION WAS ONGOING AS OF 1950, TOTAL SHIPMENTS AT THAT T WERE 6,825,040 TONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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