Portsmouth 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121901
MAS/MILS ID 0270350168
Record type Site
Current site name Portsmouth Mine
Alternate or previous names A B Arganbright Et Al, Portsmouth Extension

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.96745, 46.48919 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crow Wing(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crosby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mille Lacs Lake(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
4th Principal 046 N 029 W 02 SWSESW Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.96745, 46.48919

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Arganbright, Et Al, A. B.
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hanna Iron Ore Div (The Hanna Mng Co) Lessee
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY, 1980,P.139

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF ORE ESTIMATION MINES DIRECTORY U OF MN 1

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES PORTSMOUTH EVERGREEN OBERGWEARNE HEALY AND SYRACUSE

  • Deposit

    A B ARGANBRIGHT ET AL HANNA MINING CO 1960

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references