Old Silver Mine

Past Producer in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10121954
MAS/MILS ID 0270310012
Record type Site
Current site name Old Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.79544, 47.8908 (WGS84)
Elevation 457

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Marais(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Two Harbors(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)

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 063 N 004 W 35 SWSE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.79544, 47.8908

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. W C A Superior Natl Forest Usda
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA MINN GEOL SUR BUL NO 30

  • Deposit

    W H EMMONS F F GROUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Weaton, G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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