Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSuperior Fe
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formSTRATABOUND
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Negaunee Iron-Formation
StructureWestward plunging synclinorium open at western end; regional trends: E-W
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1848
Discovery year1844
Identification
Deposit ID10310201
MRDS IDW001391
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.45611, -87.60558
References
JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES REG. METAMORPHISM. IN N. MICH.; G. S. A. BULL., VOL. 66, P. 1455-1488.THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1938, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ASSOC., 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES.GRATON-SALES VOL. A. I. M. E., THE MARQUETTE DISTRICT: ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U. S., 1933-1967, P. 508-517CANNON, W.F., POWERS, S.L., AND WRIGHT, N.A., 1978, COMPUTER-AIDED ESTIMATES OF CONCENTRATING-GRADE IRON RESOURCES IN THE NEGAUNEE IRON-FORMATION, MARQUETTE DISTRICT, MICHIGAN: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1045, 21 P.D'ALIGNY, HENRY, 1864, REPORTS ON THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY'S LANDS LOCATED IN THE IRON REGION OF LAKE SUPERIOR, COUNTY OF MARQUETTE, STATE OF MICHIGAN: BOSTON, WRIGHT AND POTTER, PRINTERS, ST. MARY'S CANAL MINERAL LAND COMPANY, 54 P. (GIVES AN EARLY SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF EXPLORATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE 'INEXHAUSTIBLE' IRON RESOURCES OF THE RANGE.)IRON COMPANIES HAVE MADE EXTENSIVE STUDIES OF AREA . MOST ALL OF THIS DISTRICT MAPPED FROM 1940 - 1973 AT 1:24,000 SCALE. TOO MANY GEOLOGISTS TO MENTION INDIVIDUALLY1). GRATON-SALES, VOL. A.I.M.E., 1968, P. 508.CANNON AND OTHERS (1978).