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Grant, U.S. Mine

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310187
MRDS ID LW00187
Record type Site
Current site name Grant, U.S. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.58169, 46.50361 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP; NEXT TO NEGAUNEE (OLD) MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Negaunee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marquette(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 47N 26W 5 NW 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
    Rock unit name Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Rock description Negaunee Iron-Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional trends are from east to west

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1891
Year of last production 1892

Mining district

District name Marquette Iron District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Grant Iron Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT REPORTED 200 FEET DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 185-186, SITE ID 520077, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-2002 Anderson, Arlene (M. Gere) Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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