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Old Spaulding Mine

Occurrence in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082807
MRDS ID W062158
Record type Site
Current site name Old Spaulding Mine
Alternate or previous names Spalding Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.21401, 48.04861 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position SOUTH OF THE EAST END OF LAKE MIRANDA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saganaga Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quetico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Baptism-Brule(hydrologic unit)

Northwestern Lake Superior(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
64N 2E 5 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Rove Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.21401, 48.04861
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name brecciated zone in Rove Formation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sims And Day (1992) Note That The Fundamental Regional Control On Gold Deposits In The Superior Province Is Transcurrent And Oblique Slip-Shear Deformation Zones That Formed In Late Archean Time.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE ARE PROBABLY EPITHERMAL OR MESOTHERMAL VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FOR GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE REGION HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY A GENERALLY THIN, DISCONTINUOUS MANTLE OF PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS. ; ECON.COM: THIS PROSPECT AND THE MCFARLAND LAKE PROSPECT OCCUR IN THE ROVE SLATE AREA WHICH HAS HAD A LARGE SILVER PRODUCTION ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEFINITE VEINS OF EPITHERMAL OR MESOTHERMAL ORIGIN OCCUR IN SLATE.
Deposit THE OCCURRENCE OF LARGE GOLD DEPOSITS IN CANADA SUGGESTS THAT THE GREENSTONE-GRANITE TERRANES OF MINNESOTA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF IMPORTANT GOLD DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-95 Sutphin, David M. (Cannon, W. F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-97 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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