Gogebic Iron District (Range)

Past Producer in Gogebic 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. 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 60001574
MRDS ID W001404
Record type District
Current site name Gogebic Iron District (Range)
Related records 10146264, 10310203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.0193, 46.4736 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ALSO, PARTLY IN IRON COUNTY, WISCONSIN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IRON MOUNTAIN 1:250000, ACC LOCATION OF THE ANVIL-PALMS-KEWEENAW GROUP OF MINES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gogebic(county)

Michigan(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bessemer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ironwood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashland(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Black-Presque Isle(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 Gogebic

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) -90.0193, 46.4736

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description SEE INDIVIDUAL MINES.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description N DIPPING SEDIMENTS ; REG.TRENDS: E-W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer

Mining district

District name GOGEBIC IRON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

Beyond USGS

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