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Duluth Complex Fe Ti mineralization

Occurrence in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093326
MRDS ID W001353
Record type Site
Current site name Duluth Complex Fe Ti mineralization

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.93347, 48.05 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillis Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saganaga Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quetico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook
United States Minnesota Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Duluth Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.93347, 48.05
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE 80 MIL TONS IN BODIES OVER 1 MIL TONS; THE 90 MIL TONS IN BODIES OVER 100000 TONS; CONCENTRATION DIFFICULT; 20 MICRON INTERGROWTHS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT 1959 MINN. GEOL. SURV BULL. 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. 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
Editor 01-MAR-2005 Woodruff, L.G. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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