| Deposit ID | 10243548 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0261030047 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gardner-Mackinaw |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -87.38921, 46.2444 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 338 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marquette(county)
Michigan(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Anderson Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escanaba(hydrologic unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Michigan | Marquette |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 045 N | 025 W | 35 | SESESE | Michigan |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -87.38921, 46.2444 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1911 |
| Year of first production | 1919 |
| District name | Marquette Iron District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. M. And M. Land Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0261030047 |
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RE
PUBLISHED BY THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 030- LOCATION IS FOR ONE SHAFT WHICH MAP CALLS GARDNER. IS ANOTHER SHAFT (CALLED MACKINAW BY MAP) 200 METERS NORTH. SOFT, RED, HIGH PHOSPHORUS ORE. TOTAL SHIPMENTS AS OF 1941 1,326,440 TONS. DEPTH = 1570 FEET CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO. WAS A FORMER OPERATOR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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