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Indus Prospect

Unknown in Koochiching 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082814
MRDS ID W062165
Record type Site
Current site name Indus Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.85136, 48.62111 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THE PROSPECT IS NEAR INDUS, MN, IN THE WABIGOON SUBPROVINCE OF THE SUPERIOR PROVINCE., Est Lat/Lon Is For The Approximate Center Of Section 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Koochiching(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Koochiching

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
159N 25W 4 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GROUT (1937) NOTED THAT PYRITC MATERIAL IS INTRODUCED AND DISSEMINATED IN THE GREENSTONE, BUT IT IS NOT ACCOMPANIED IN THE DIABASE BY ANY CONSIDERABLE HYDROTHERMAL ATTACK.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.85136, 48.62111
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Economic information

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.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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: 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.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUT (1937) DID NOT GIVE A MORE SPECIFIC NAME FOR THIS PROSPECT.

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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