Northland Mine

Past Producer in Crow Wing county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072842
MRDS ID W018531
Record type Site
Current site name Northland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.91081, 46.54666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crow Wing(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuyuna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aitkin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elk-Nokasippi(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Crow Wing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
47N 28W 20 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chert Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
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 Trommald Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.91081, 46.54666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Folds
Type of structure Local
Structure name Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR TO IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuyuna Range

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1958
    Total resources 39118mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 9.28 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1958
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1958
    Total resources 25740mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 8.23 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROSS (1984) LISTS DEPOSITS IN THE CAYUNA AND MESABI RANGES, MN, AND MARQUETTE RANGE, MI, AS EXAMPLES OF THE ENRICHED IRON FORMATION DEPOSIT MODEL. THESE DEPOSITS OCCUR AS RESIDUAL IRON OXIDE MASSES FORMED BY SECONDARY ENRICHMENT PROCESSES INVOLVING OXIDATION OF THE IRON AND LEACHING OF THE SILICEOUS MINERALS THROUGH THE ACTION OF DEEPLY CIRCULATING GROUNDWATER IN FRACTURES AND MORE PERMEABLE PARTS OF IRON FORMATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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