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Marquette Iron District

Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001572
MRDS ID W001391
Record type District
Current site name Marquette Iron District
Related records 10146135, 10310201

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -87.69172, 46.4531 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position MARQUETTE IRON DIST. CONTAINS AROUND 125 MINES. MOST ARE NOW EXTINCT, BUT THOSE OPERATING, ABOUT TO OPERATE OR RECENTLY CLOSED HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP SEPARATELY., ACC LOCATION IS FOR WINTHROP MINE IN THE DISTRICT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marquette(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ishpeming(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gwinn(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Marquette(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Escanaba(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 Marquette

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)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -87.69172, 46.4531
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description WESTWARD PLUNGING SYNCLINORIUM OPEN AT WESTERN END. ; REG.TRENDS: E-W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Discovery year 1844

Mining district

District name MARQUETTE IRON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES REG. META. IN N. MICH.; G. S. A. BULL., VOL. 66, P. 1455-1488.

  • Deposit

    THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.

  • Deposit

    THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.

  • Deposit

    GRATON-SALES VOL. A. I. M. E., THE MARQUETTE DISTRICT: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., 1933-1967, P. 508-517

  • Deposit

    CANNON, W.F., POWERS, S.L., AND WRIGHT, N.A., 1978, COMPUTER-AIDED ESTIMATES OF CONCENTRATING-GRADE IRON RESOURCES IN THE NEGAUNEE IRON-FORMATION, MARQUETTE DISTRICT, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1045, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    D'ALIGNY, HENRY, 1864, REPORTS ON THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY'S LANDS LOCATED IN THE IRON REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR, COUNTY OF MARQUETTE, STATE OF MICHIGAN: BOSTON, WRIGHT AND POTTER, PRINTERS, ST. MARY'S CANAL MINERAL LAND COMPANY, 54 P. (GIVES AN EARLY SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF EXPLORATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ,UNEXHAUSTABLE, IRON RESOURCES OF THE RANGE.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-72 CANNON, SUZANNE S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-95 SUTPHIN, D.M. (CANNON, W.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 MASON JR., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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