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Lot 3 #1 Mine

Past Producer in Iron 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310072
MRDS ID LW00072
Record type Site
Current site name Lot 3 #1 Mine
Alternate or previous names Crystal Falls Mine

Comments on the site names

  • CRYSTAL FALLS MINE WAS ITS ORIGINAL NAME, HOWEVER, A NAME THAT IS BETTER KNOW FOR THE MINE 1.5 MILES EAST OF HERE, SO TAKE NOTE, 2 MINES THAT HAD THE SAME NAME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND DIFFERENT PLACES.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.33837, 46.10556 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position CRYSTAL FALLS TOWNSHIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Iron(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iron River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brule(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 Iron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Michigan 43N 32W 20 LOT 3 Michigan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.33837, 46.10556
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WELL-BEDDED, CHERT AND SIDERITE IRON FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant No
Year of first production 1882

Mining district

District name Menominee Iron Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wisconsin Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal Falls Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1882
    Material ore Fe
    Ore mined 1217mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 1 LEVEL AT 125 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, SITE ID 360076, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES,

  • Production

    UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-02 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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