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Whitney Pit

Past Producer in St. Louis county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10219595
MRDS ID W018662
MAS/MILS ID 0271370030
Record type Site
Current site name Whitney Pit
Related records 10105912

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.87661, 47.44969 (WGS84)
Elevation 450
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Louis(hydrologic unit)

St. Louis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota St. Louis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -92.87661, 47.44969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 10S
    Thickness 120M
    Area 64HA
    Depth to top 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N70E:10S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 40
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 64
    Date of Last Modification 811224

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1974

Mining district

District name Lake Superior

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner National Steel Corp, 4100 Edison Lakes Pkwy, Mishawaka
    ID 2101493
    Interest 100
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Description Crude Iron Ore 1115000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 1115000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Crude Iron Ore 1706000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 1706000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Crude Iron Ore 1881000 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 1881000mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES IN MATRIX 2 ARE FOR THE 1993 ADIT UPDATE AND ARE FROM SKILLINGS 1992 MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY. THE GRADE WAS ASSUMED THE SAME AS MATRIX 1.
  • ADIT UPDATE 1993: THE PROPERTY LAST WAS MINED IN 1983. ORE STOCKPILE EXHAUSTED IN 1983.

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING FOR THIS DEPOSIT IS 64 HECTARES. WORKING SEASON = APRIL TO OCTOBER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. AND F.E. GROUT (ED.). MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    MINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, 1943, PP.13-57.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. HANNA'S WHITNEY MINE FEEDS

  • Deposit

    PIERCE CONCENTRATOR. V. 175, NO. 11, 1974,PP. 114,131.

  • Deposit

    MARSDEN, R.W. GEOLOGY OF THE IRON ORES OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR

  • Deposit

    REGION IN THE UNITED STATES. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J.D. RIDGE, AIME,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK, V. 1, 1968, PP. 490-505.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY - 1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    MINN., MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, 266 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-95 Hrabik, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/20/1984
MSHA mine ID2101493
Mine name (MSHA)Whitney Mine
Current operatorM A Hanna Company
Current controller (parent)Hanna M A Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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