Mary Charlotte Mine - Includes A

Past Producer in Marquette 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 10292182
MAS/MILS ID 0261030066
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Charlotte Mine - Includes A
Alternate or previous names Llen Or Ada, and Parts of Former, Bay State, Himrod Or Orion, and S, Tar.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.59082, 46.4833 (WGS84)
Elevation 405

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 026 W 08 NWNWSW Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.59082, 46.4833

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 1903

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Ore Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    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 MINE FORMERLY OPERATED BY MARY CHARLOTTE MINING CO., MARQUET CO., AND NORTH RANGE MINING CO. WORKED BY SLICING,STOPING,& CAVING. FROM 1942-1947 INCLUDED CHICAGO FORTY. TOTAL SHIPMENTS AS OF 1948=6890949 TONS (INCLUDING 454262 TO EAST CHICAGO FORTY). SOFT, RED, NON-BESSEMER ORE.

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.