| Deposit ID | 10072818 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W018500 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | McKinley Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -92.39992, 47.52222 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Louis(county)
Minnesota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McKinley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Vermilion Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
St. Louis(hydrologic unit)
St. Louis(hydrologic accounting unit)
Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Minnesota | St. Louis |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58N | 16W | 10;4,15;8;9,17 | Minnesota |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Ankerite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Minnesotaite | Ore |
| Siderite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation | ||
| Rock unit name | Biwabik Iron Formation | ||
| |||
| (1) | -92.39992, 47.52222 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Restricted Basin Required For Banded Iron Formation Deposition. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Faults |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | SOUTH: AT A LOW ANGLE |
| Thickness | 243.84M |
| Length | 321860M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Lake Superior Region, Mesabi District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp., Northwest Ore Division |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W018500 |
BAYLEY, R.W. AND JAMES, H.L., 1973, ECON. GEOL. V. 68, N. 7, PP. 934-1004.
FRENCH, B.V., 1973, ECON. GEOL. V.68, N. 7, PP. 1063-1074.
LA BERGE, G.L., 1973, ECON. GEOL., V. 68, N. 7, PP. 1098-1109.
GARRELS, R.M., PERRY, E.A., AND MACKENZIE, F.J., 1973, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 68, N. 7, PP. 1173-1179.
MINN. MINING DIRECTORY 1974, 1978, 1981.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1973, V. 68, NO. 7, PP. 913-1179; ISSUE DEALS IN DETAIL WITH MANY ASPECTS OF WORLD PRECAMBRIAN BANDED IRON FORMATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Schneider, Norma J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1981 | Schneider, Norma J. (Orris, Greta J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 01-MAY-1997 | Mason Jr., G.T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.