Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Negaunee Iron-Formation
StructureMarquette syncline; regional trends: E-W.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsFIRST PRODUCTION IN 1954 WAS THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF JASPER CONCENTRATE OF ANY MICHIGAN MINE. THE MINE CLOSED 0N 15 MAR 1958.
First production1954
Last production1972
Identification
Deposit ID10068369
MRDS IDW001396
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.49, -87.90003
References
JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, G. S. A. BULL., VOL. 66, P. 1455 - 1488VAN HISE AND BAYLEY, 1897, U. S. G. S. MONOGRAPH 28.GRATON - SALES VOL. A. I. M. E., MARQUETTE DIST., IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 - 1967.1971 GEOL MAP W. F. CANNON: JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, MARQUETTE COUNTY, P. 203-204, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.UNDERGROUND MINE INVENTORY