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
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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.
