Michigan · Gogebic County
Past Producer

Colby Mine

Gogebic County, Michigan, United States
Iron
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Description

Richard Langford

Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1884-1894; 1896-1921; 1923
First production1884
Last production1923
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10068382
MRDS IDW001411
Alternate namesPeterson Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.47333, -90.05622
References
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 1952, P. 54.JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 163-168, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.