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New Richmond Open Pit

Past Producer in Marquette 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146395
MAS/MILS ID 0261030092
Record type Site
Current site name New Richmond Open Pit
Alternate or previous names Richmond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -87.54671, 46.4372 (WGS84)
Elevation 402
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escanaba(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 026 W 27 SW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -87.54671, 46.4372
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Marquette 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 Operator
    Owner The M. A. Hanna Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richmond Iron Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • AS OF 1950 THIS MINE HAD PRODUCED 3,511,218 TONS OF HARD, RE SILICEOUS ORE.

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

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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