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Mikado Mine

Past Producer in Gogebic 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 10268026
MAS/MILS ID 0260530016
Record type Site
Current site name Mikado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.9832, 46.4744 (WGS84)
Elevation 472

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 18 SWNENW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.9832, 46.4744
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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 1895
Year of first production 1895

Mining district

District name Gogebic Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Syracuse Mining Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pickands Mather And Co.
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED 1,141,618 TONS OF ORE FROM 1895 TO 1919. FROM 1950 THIS MINE WAS OPERATED TOGETHER WITH THE PLYMOUTH MINE SHIPPMENTS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE PLYMOUTH MINE PRODUCTION. S MINING CO. PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN DEC. 1950. NO FURTHER I ATION AVAILABLE

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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