Tracy Mine

Past 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. 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 10219643
MAS/MILS ID 0261030103
Record type Site
Current site name Tracy Mine
Alternate or previous names And Bay State Mines. Includes Sun, Dry Parcel No.1., Includes Parts of Old Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -87.59082, 46.4922 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
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)

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 047 N 026 W 05 SWSWSW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -87.59082, 46.4922

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 1954

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Ore Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    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 REC 050- REF DESCRIBES AS A RESERVE BEING DEVELOPED FOR PROD TRACY INCLUDES PARTS OF OLD MANGANESE WHICH PRODUCED 6,359 T 1886, BAY STATE WHICH PRODUCED 16637 BY 1883, AND SUNDRY PAR NO. 1 WHICH HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

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.

External references