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Sunday Lake Group

Past Producer in Gogebic 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 10218283
MAS/MILS ID 0260530024
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Lake Group
Alternate or previous names Includes Old Sunday Lake, Iron, Chief Asherman, Brotherton, Pik, E Alpha, Castile, and Meteor, Comet.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -89.9295, 46.4822 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wakefield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wakefield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(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 Gogebic

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 045 W 09 C NESE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -89.9295, 46.4822
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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 1885

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Municipality

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunday Lake Iron Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickands Mather And Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mascotti Associates
    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 DEPTH OF PIKE TRACT = 1700 FT. DEPTH OF CASTILE TRACT = 18 CASTILE TRACT WORKED BY SLICING AND CAVING. HARD, BLUE, AND SOFT, RED, BESSEMER AND NON BESSEMER ORE. TOTAL SHIPMENTS OF ALL TRACTS COMBINED = 17,644,994 TONS AS 1950. MINE WAS PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN 1961 AND SOLD TO MASCOT ASSOCIATES.

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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