Hancock Mine

Prospect in Dickinson 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. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310063
MRDS ID LW00063
Record type Site
Current site name Hancock Mine

Comments on the site names

  • IOLS OF 1952 LIST HANCOCK ONLY AS A PROSPECT IN SPITE OF BEING LABELED A "MINE" ON MAPS

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.73058, 45.92278 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position LAT/LONG IS BASED ON CENTER POINT OF SECTION FRACTION (S 1/2 OF SE)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dickinson(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foster City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escanaba(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Menominee(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 Dickinson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
41N 27W 30 S 1/2 OF SE Michigan

Comments on the location information

  • IOLS 1901 STATES IT IS IN S 1/2 OF SE, DNR MAPS SHOW NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS SITE IS LISTED IN IOLS (IRON ORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR) AS A PROSPECT

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.73058, 45.92278

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN IF THIS WAS A SURFACE PIT OR UNDERGROUND MINING OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, DICKINSON COUNTY, SITE ID 220021, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION COUNDEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION COUNTY MAPS LIST THIS AS HANCOCK MINE. IRON ORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR 1952 LIST AS ONLY PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-02 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.