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Delhi Prospect

Unknown in Redwood 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 10082818
MRDS ID W062169
Record type Site
Current site name Delhi Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.19584, 44.62221 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THE PROSPECT IS 2.5 MILES NORTH OF DELHI AND NORTHWEST A MILE OR MORE., Est Location Is For A Ridge Near Where The Prospect Is Uspposed To Be.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Redwood(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delhi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montevideo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Ulm(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hawk-Yellow Medicine(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Redwood

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
113N 36W 4 NW4 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • USING THE 1:24000 MAPS, THE TOWNSHIP, RANGE, AND SECTION LOCATION DO NOT AGREE WITH THE NOTION THAT THE PROSPECT IS 2.5 MILES NORTH OF DELHI AND NORTHWEST A MILE OR MORE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Albite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.19584, 44.62221
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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.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS LIKE THE ONE AT GRANITE FALLS (SECTION 4, T115N, R39W). THE QUARTZ VEIN IS SHATTERED AND FULL OF STRAIN SHADOWS. THIS VEIN IS PROBABLY PEGMATITIC BUT MAY HAVE HYPOTHERMAL QUARTZ ADDED.

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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