Loomis

Past Producer in Gogebic 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 10243384
MAS/MILS ID 0260530015
Record type Site
Current site name Loomis

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -89.9445, 46.4706 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
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 16 SWNW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Metabasalt

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner M. A. Longyear Estate
    Home office Michigan
    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 THE ABOVE REFERENCE LISTS THE LOOMIS PROPERTY AS A RESERVE. THE TRACT BECAME AN ACTIVE PRODUCER DURING 1955.

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.