Lake and Cook County Anorthosite

Occurrence in Lake county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Silica, Sodium, Titanium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10170295
MAS/MILS ID 0270750001
Record type Site
Current site name Lake and Cook County Anorthosite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -91.19795, 47.4417 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Finland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Two Harbors(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 057 N 007 W 10 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sodium Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -91.19795, 47.4417

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF-STAFF BUMINES, 1967, POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM, JC 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 100 TO 500 MILLION TONS ORE. AL203 = 30%

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Steckley, Robert C. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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