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| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Manufacturing, Mining |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Headquarters | Rogers City, Michigan, U.S. |
Key people | board of directors |
| Products | Chemicals, Mineral Products, and other Specialized Products and Services |
Number of employees | 160 (2008) |
The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company operated the world's largest limestone quarry (Michigan Limestone; a/k/a the "Calcite Quarry"; "Calcite Plant and Mill"; and "Carmeuse Lime and Stone"), which is located near Rogers City in Presque Isle County, Michigan. It was formed and organized in 1910; however, production did not begin until 1912. Ownership of the quarry has changed a number of times, but it is still one of the largest producers of limestone in the United States. The quarry was inextricably interlinked with lake shipping and railroad transportation.
The deposits mined at the quarry are underground in the northeastern part of Northern Michigan near Alpena and south of Rogers City along the shore of Lake Huron. The raw material is essential to a variety of industries; the major uses are for various aggregates, road-base stone cement, flux for iron and steel production, railroad track ballast, mine dusting, agricultural lime,[1] and production of sugar.[A]
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