Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsActinolite, Andradite, Biotite, Calcite, Chert, Cummingtonite, Diopside, Fayalite, Graphite, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Hornblende, Hypersthene, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Riebeckite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1955
Discovery year1869
Identification
Deposit ID10268163
Alternate namesPeter Mitchell Mine, Babbitt Mine, Reserve Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.6625, -91.94188
References
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