Michigan · Dickinson County
Past Producer
Indiana Mine
Dickinson County, Michigan, United States
Iron
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeBanded Iron-Rich Sedimentary Deposits
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeSmall
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formSTRATABOUND
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite, Goethite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Vulcan Iron Formation
StructureMajor troughs into which Iron fm. has slumped; regional trends are E-W to N
AlterationLeaching of silica or replacement by iron oxides or a combination of these processes.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1882-1886, AND 1915-1920
First production1882
Last production1920
Discovery year1849
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References
LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES, 2D ED.: CLEVELAND, OHIO, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 334 P.BAYLEY, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE MENOMINEE IRON-BEARING DISTRICT, MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN: U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 513, 96 P. VAN HISE, C.E.., AND LEITH, C.E.., 1911, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION: U.S.G.S MONOGRAPH 52, 641 P.LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, P. 107-128.
Identification
Deposit ID10082686
MRDS IDW062036
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.8375, -87.99114
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.