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Homer-Wauseca Mine

Iron County, Michigan, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlStratigraphically controlled, fault related.
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Goethite
GangueChert, Pyrite, Siderite, Stilpnomelane, Chlorite, Mica
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Riverton Iron-Formation
Associated rock"Stambaugh Formation", "Hiawatha Graywacke"
StructureMajor troughs; regional trends: E-W, NE-SW, NW-SE, forming triangle., Troughs into which Iron formation has slumped.
AlterationChert and siderite to hematite and goethite in oxidation zones.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1947
Last production1969
Identification
Deposit ID10079406
MRDS IDW028933
Alternate namesHomer Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.11556, -88.65699
References
JAMES, H.L., DUTTON, C.E., PETTIJOHN, F.J., WIER, K.L., 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON RIVER, CRYSTAL FALLS DISTRICT, IRON COUNTY, MICHIGAN. WASHINGTON, U.S. GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE, 1968. PP. 45-56, 88-110.LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 116.CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (3RD-6TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 257, 232-233, 283, 303-304.REED, R.C., 1975, ONE THOUSAND MILLION TONS, MICHIGAN IRON ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1974, CIRCULAR 12, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN, 1975. P. 9.MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MICHIGAN, 1969; 1971 ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUMMARY 13JAMES, H. L., ET. AL., 1968, U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 570.JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES OF REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF NORTHERN MICH., G. S. A. BULL., V. 66, P. 1455-1488.DUTTON, 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. 538-549.JOHNSON, A.M. AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, IRON COUNTY, P. 198-204, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.