Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSee Individual Mines Of This District
Deposit sizeU
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Limonite, Goethite
GangueSiderite, Chert
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Riverton Iron-Formation
StructureMajor troughs ; regional trends: E-W, with local variations., Troughs into which Iron formation has slumped.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10068374
MRDS IDW001400
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.08333, -88.65005
References
JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, G. S. A. BULL., V. 66, P. 1455-1488JAMES, H. L., DUTTON, PETTIJOHN, AND WIER, 1968, GEOL. ORE DEP. OF IRON RIVER-CRYSTAL FALLS, MICH.; U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 570, P. 134DUTTON, C. E. AND P. W. ZIMMER, 1968, IRON ORE DEPOSITS - MENOMINEE DIST., MICH., IN ORE DEP. U. S. 1933-1967, THE GRATON SALES VOL., J. D. RIDGE, ED., V. 1, P. 538-549JAMES, ET. AL., 1968, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 570, P. 88