Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Ironwood Iron-Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1886
Last production1925
Discovery year1886
Identification
Deposit ID10068380
MRDS IDW001408
Alternate namesPeterson Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.47194, -90.06761
References
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 60.JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 194-197, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.