Huron Bay Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122267
MAS/MILS ID 0261030207
Record type Site
Current site name Huron Bay Slate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -88.24114, 46.7819 (WGS84)
Elevation 350
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baraga(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skanee South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

L'Anse(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(hydrologic unit)

Southcentral Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 051 N 031 W 28 SESW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -88.24114, 46.7819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN,R.C.MICH.GEOL.AND BIOL.SURV.PUBL.16,MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES OF MICH.1914 PP 94

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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.