Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10082661 |
MRDS ID |
W062010 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Montreal Mine |
Alternate or previous names |
Ottawa, Odanah, 33 Co. Mine, Trimble, Moore, Bourne, Jupiter.
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Geographic coordinates
Geographic coordinates:
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-90.23372, 46.42806 (WGS84)
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Location accuracy |
100(meters)
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Relative position |
LOCATED ON S.R. 77 BETWEEN HENNEPIN AND CARY PROPERTIES. GILE, WI, IS CARVED OUT OF THE SE CORNER OF THE MONTREAL TRACT. |
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Geographic areas
Country |
State |
County |
United States |
Wisconsin |
Iron |
Public Land Survey System information
Meridian |
Township |
Range |
Section |
Fraction |
State |
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46N |
2E |
27,28,33 |
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Wisconsin |
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Iron |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- ORE IS SOFT, GRANULAR, RED, BESSEMER, NON-BESSEMER, AND MANGANIFEROUS.
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Goethite |
Ore |
Hematite |
Ore |
Alteration
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(Local)
Gogebic Iron Range Is In The Chlorite Metamorphic Zone In The Least Metamorphosed Area Of The Upper Peninsula.
Mineral occurrence model information
Model code |
241 |
USGS model code |
34a |
BC deposit profile |
F10 |
Deposit model name |
Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation) |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Chemical Sediment
> Iron Formation |
Rock unit name |
Ironwood Formation |
Rock description |
Ironwood Formation |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
Stratigraphic age (youngest) |
Neoproterozoic |
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Geologic structures
Type |
Description |
Terms |
Regional |
N-Dipping Sediments; Regional Trends Are East To West. |
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Local |
An E-W Linear Iron Formation Going From Gogebic, Mi, To Ironwood, Mi, And To Mellen, Wi, And A Bit Farther W. |
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Ore body information
General form |
STRATABOUND |
Dip |
50-55 N |
Controls for ore emplacement
- Oxidation And Leaching Of Unaltered Banded-Iron Formation To Soft Iron-Oxide Ore Bodies.