Description
Indian trapper brought piece to slater mission from the mouth of Plaster Creek
Commodities
PrimaryGypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeMarine-Evaporation
Model253: Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum
Deposit sizeL
Geology
StructureMichigan basin, Relatively flat lying
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1849
Identification
Deposit ID10310006
MRDS IDLW00006
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.95001, -84.2799
References
A.H. STEVENS, 1968, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL MICHIGAN'S GYPSUM DEPOSITS, CONSUMER POWER COMPANY, JACKSON, MICHIGAN.J.S. DYKSTRA, 1931, GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT HAS SOME OF WORLDS GREATEST GYPSUM MINES, THE MICHIGAN BELL.