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East Champion Mine

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10268182
MAS/MILS ID 0261030039
Record type Site
Current site name East Champion Mine
Alternate or previous names Keystone, Iron Duke

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.96283, 46.5089 (WGS84)
Elevation 521

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champion(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(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 048 N 029 W 32 C SESW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.96283, 46.5089
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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
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 REC 020- MINE HAS BEEN OPERATED IN THE PAST BY KEYSTONE IRON SAGINAW MINING CO., AND EAST CHAMPION IRON CO. TOTAL SHIPMENTS (1873-1889) =76,002 TONS.

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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