Michigan · Marquette County
Producer

Marquette Iron District

Marquette County, Michigan, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Deposit
Deposit typeSUPERIOR FE
Model241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Geology
StructureWESTWARD PLUNGING SYNCLINORIUM OPEN AT WESTERN END. ; REG.TRENDS: E-W
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1844
Identification
Deposit ID60001572
MRDS IDW001391
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates46.4531, -87.69172
References
JAMES, H. L., 1955, ZONES REG. META. 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ,UNEXHAUSTABLE, IRON RESOURCES OF THE RANGE.)