Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSecondary Enrichment
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlStructural-footwall and cross-cutting dikes forming ore troughs.
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
GangueChert, Pyrite, Martite
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Ironwood Iron-Formation
AlterationChert to hematite in oxidation zones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsWAKEFILED MINE CLOSED IN 1959.
First production1913
Last production1959
Discovery year1912
Identification
Deposit ID10080410
MRDS IDW031543
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.46917, -89.95149
References
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES (2ND ED.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. P. 60.CROWELL, BENEDICT, AND MURRAY, C.B., INC., 1914, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1930, THE IRON ORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR (2ND-7TH EDS.): CLEVELAND, OHIO. PP. 181, 235-236,212, 262-263, 282, 254-255 RESPECTIVELY.PRINZ, W.C., HUBBARD, H.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY MAP OF THE WAKEFIELD QUADRANGLE, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DIVISION OF THE MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, LANSING, MICHIGAN.JOHNSON, A.M., AND GROTH, E.H., 1998, INVENTORY OF UNDERGROUND MINES, GOGEBIC COUNTY, P. 257-260, MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.