Marquette Iron Mining-Republic Plnt

Producer in Marquette county in Michigan, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122364
MAS/MILS ID 0261039003
Record type Site
Current site name Marquette Iron Mining-Republic Plnt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -87.75002, 46.5847 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diorite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(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 048 N 026 W 01 C Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -87.75002, 46.5847

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.
    ID 2001007
    Year 1981
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Marquette Iron Mining Co--Operator
    ID 2001007
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONCENTRATOR & AGGLOMERATION PLNT ASSOC WITH THE REPUBLIC

  • Deposit

    MINE; LOC IN ISHPEMING, MICH.

  • Deposit

    E&MJ INTNL DIR OF MINING 1981 P201

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/24/1980
MSHA mine ID2001007
Mine name (MSHA)Eagle Mills Plant
Current operatorCleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
Current controller (parent)Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.