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Great Western Mine

Past Producer in Iron 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 10243148
MAS/MILS ID 0260710046
Record type Site
Current site name Great Western Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -88.31974, 46.1072 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brule(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 043 N 032 W 21 NWNESW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -88.31974, 46.1072
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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
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Corrigan Mckinney Steel Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • 2,296,739 TONS OF SOFT, REDDISH-BROWN, HIGH PHOSPHOROUS ORE BEEN SHIPPED FROM THIS PROPERTY FROM 1882 TO 1925. MINE WAS WORKED BY STOPING TO A DEPTH OF 1,250 FEET.

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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