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Greenwood

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10292596
MAS/MILS ID 0261030050
Record type Site
Current site name Greenwood

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -87.76782, 46.4644 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
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

Greenwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dead-Kelsey(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 Marquette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 047 N 028 W 14 SESWSE Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Menominee Group; Negaunee Iron-formation
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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 1932

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Inland Steel Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Michigan
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION STILL ONGOING AS OF 1950 WITH TOTAL SHIPMENTS THE 1,505,584 TONS. HARD, BLUE-BLACK, NON-BESSE WORKED BY SHRINKAGE AND UNDERHAND STOPING. GREATEST DEPTH= 1

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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