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Rana Mine & Mill

Producer in St. Louis county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243345
MRDS ID W018568
MAS/MILS ID 0271370031
Record type Site
Current site name Rana Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Rand Mine
Related records 10072869

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -92.70021, 47.51669 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vermilion Lake(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 058 N 019 W 12 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -92.70021, 47.51669
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhude And Freberger Inc.
    ID 2100905
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1975
    First year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MESABI RANGE; IN RANGE 19W (0271370038) OF MARSDEN STUDY. SHIPPED 1,500,000 TONS IN 1978. LAST ADIT UPDATE 1993. SOME RESERVES REMAIN, AND ARE SHOWN IN MATRIX 1.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY, 1980, PAGE 140.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY, 1992.

  • Deposit

    NORTH AMERICAN IRON ORE, EMJ NOV 74,P.102

  • Deposit

    EMJ MINE DIRECTORY, 1975.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY LAST OPERATED IN 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAR-1995 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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 09/28/1987
MSHA mine ID2100905
Mine name (MSHA)Rana Mine And Mill
Current operatorRhude & Fryberger Inc
Current controller (parent)Rhude James E
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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