Walpole Mine

Past Producer in Dickinson 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10194589
MAS/MILS ID 0260430043
Record type Site
Current site name Walpole Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.04973, 45.8197 (WGS84)
Elevation 430
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dickinson(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Menominee(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 Dickinson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 040 N 030 W 31 C NENE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.04973, 45.8197

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 513, 1966, PLATE 1, P56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 3 MORE SHAFTS - 1 IS 220 METERS N OF GIVEN LOCATIO THE OTHER 2 ARE 180 AND 440 METERS S OF THE GIVEN LOCATION.

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.

External references