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Green Prospect Pit

Occurrence in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146491
MAS/MILS ID 0270310009
Record type Site
Current site name Green Prospect Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -89.7632, 47.9783 (WGS84)
Elevation 190
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Portage(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hancock(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

Grand Portage (Pigeon R) Reservation(Reservation)

Reservation BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 063 N 005 E 14 SWSE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Pigeon River diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -89.7632, 47.9783
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROVE FORMATION MINN GEOL SUR BUL NO 24 GROUT-SCHWARTZ

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.

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