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New Volunteer Mine-Includes Maitl

Past Producer in Marquette 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 10243733
MAS/MILS ID 0261030104
Record type Site
Current site name New Volunteer Mine-Includes Maitl
Alternate or previous names And Open Pit.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -87.61532, 46.4467 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
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)

Escanaba(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 027 W 25 C NENE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -87.61532, 46.4467
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pickands Mather And Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Palmer Mining Co.
    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 MAITLAND OPEN PIT WAS OPERATED FROM 1918-1928 BY THE VOL ORE CO. IN 1938 THE PALMER MINING CO. LEASED THIS PROPERTY A OPERATED IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW VOLUNTEER MINE. SHIP FROM THESE TWO PROPERTIES TOTALED 5,595,659 TONS OF CRUSHED, GREY-RED, SILICEOUS ORE AS OF 1950.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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