Cedarville Quarry

Producer in Mackinac county in Michigan, United States with commodity Dolomite
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310010
MRDS ID LW00010
Record type Site
Current site name Cedarville Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -84.2899, 46.06 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 35 SOUTH OF SAULT STE. MARIE, LAT/LONG IS CENTER POINT OF BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN SECTION 3 & 10.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mackinac(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pickford SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sault Sainte Marie South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sault Sainte Marie(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northwestern Lake Huron(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwestern Lake Huron(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Michigan Mackinac

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 042N 001E 3, 10 S 1/2 SECTION 3 Michigan
N 1/2 SECTION 10 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -84.2899, 46.06

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Michigan basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Flat lying

Ore body information

  • Name Engadine dolomite formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1955

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.

Production statistics

  • Year 2001
    Ore mined 3337256mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major dolomite Dolomite Stone, Dimension 46wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • CAPACITY OF THIS OPERATION IS 1,800 TONS PER HOUR. QUARRYING IS MADE DIFFICULT DUE TO HONEYCOMBED BEDROCK SURFACE COUPLED WITH MASSIVE HIGHLY JOINTED DOLOMITE FORMATION

Comments on development

  • U.S. STEEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    100 LARGEST QUARRIES, ROCK PRODUCTS, 1968, P. 70-71.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.A., 1915, LIMESTONES OF MICHIGAN; PUBLICATION 21, GEOLOGICAL SERIES 17, PP. 151-152, 206,234, 240-241, 260-261, 286-87.

  • Deposit

    CALCITE HISTORY, 2001, http:// www.mlo.net/calcite/history.html, CEDARVILLE HISTORY. P. 1-6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOLOMITE, CRUSHED, CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE, RIPRAP, FLUX, AGRICULTURAL, LIME MANUFACTURE
Deposit 8-10 MILE WIDE BAND PARALLELING THE LAKE HURON SHORELINE. OVERBURDEN RECORDED TO VARY 2-25 FEET. THE LOWER 100 FEET AND UPPER 50 FEET IS CHARACTERIZED BY VERY MASSIVE BEDDING. MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS ABOUT 225 FEET AT A POINT SIX MILES EAST OF CEDARVILLE WHERE THE STRATA DIPS SOUTHWARD UNDER THE WATERS OF LAKE HURON. THE DOLOSTONE IS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS DISTINCTIVE WHITE OR LIGHT GRAY COLOR AND ITS UNIFORM CRYSTALLINITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-01 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.