Domtar mine
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| place = Walker, Michigan
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| country = U.S.A.
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The Domtar Mine, formed from the consolidation of Grand Rapids Gypsum Company mines 1 & 2, is an inactive underground gypsum mine in Walker, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
History
The Grand Rapids Gypsum Company was incorporated in 1860, but the mines pre-dates this incorporation. The mine is located in the city of Walker, just southwest of Grand Rapids, north of the Grand River. The original mine entrances were both north and south of Butterworth Drive, named after the pioneering mining magnate, R.E. Butterworth, who opened the first gypsum mines north of the Grand River in this area.{{cite book |last1=Lane |first1=Alfred C. |title=Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Michigan |url=https://archive.org/details/reportstateboar01survgoog |quote=Alabastine mine. |access-date=2 February 2011 |date=January 1903 |page=[https://archive.org/details/reportstateboar01survgoog/page/n11 4] }}
Pellerito Cave
A small gypsum solutional cave, known as the Pellerito Cave (named after its founder, Russell Pellerito) was discovered during the mining operations.
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Domtar purchase
The mine was purchased by Domtar industries in 1983, and re-opened in 1984 as the Domtar mine.{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/RC-1449_413094_7.pdf
|title= Report on the Risk Assessment of the I-196 Interstate Section Located Over the Former Domtar Mine, Grand Rapids, MI |first=Stan |last=Vitton|year=2004 |access-date=3 June 2014}}
Domtar sold their gypsum operations to Georgia-Pacific, who closed the mine in 1999. It was the last operating underground gypsum mine in Michigan.{{cite book |title= U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook |year=1999 |volume=2 |page=24.2|chapter= The Mineral Industry of Michigan |chapter-url= http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/state/982600.pdf
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223124/http://woodtv.triton.net/news/gypsummines/mineinventory.pdf Kent County Inventory of Underground Mines]
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Category:Underground mines in the United States
Category:Geography of Kent County, Michigan