| Deposit ID | 10243156 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0271370075 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Forster Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Forster Burt |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -92.81331, 47.49309 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 465 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Louis(county)
Minnesota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buhl(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Minnesota | St. Louis |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Water, Free | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chert | Unknown |
| Goethite | Unknown |
| Hematite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -92.81331, 47.49309 |
|---|
| Area | 97HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1949 |
| District name | Mesabi District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0271370075 |
MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING
DIRECTORY - 1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF MINN.,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, P. 78
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Lewis, J.D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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