Porterfield Pit

Producer in Marinette county in Wisconsin, United States with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10302566
MAS/MILS ID 0550750252
Record type Site
Current site name Porterfield Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -87.80002, 45.1333 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marinette(county)

Wisconsin(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Porterfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marinette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Peshtigo(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Michigan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wisconsin Marinette

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -87.80002, 45.1333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Badger Mining Corp.
    ID 4702739
    Home office Wisconsin
    Year 1981

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-83 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/27/1985
MSHA mine ID4702739
Mine name (MSHA)Porterfield Plant
Current operatorBadger Mining Corp
Current controller (parent)North Cliff Corporation
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references