Titaniferous Magnetite Pit No 5

Occurrence in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Iron
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10243734
MAS/MILS ID 0270310017
Record type Site
Current site name Titaniferous Magnetite Pit No 5

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.72123, 48.065 (WGS84)
Elevation 570
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

Gunflint Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saganaga Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quetico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 065 N 003 W 33 SESW Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.72123, 48.065

Economic information

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 Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Superior Natl Forest Usda
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY OF COOK COUNTY MINN MINN GEOL SUR BUL NO 39

  • Deposit

    GROUT-SHARP-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.