| Deposit ID | 10292048 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0271370057 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Welton Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -92.37629, 47.5275 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 435 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Louis(county)
Minnesota(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
McKinley(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Minnesota | St. Louis |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th Principal | 058 N | 016 W | 09 | SESENW | Minnesota |
| 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) | -92.37629, 47.5275 |
|---|
| Area | 32HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mesabi District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Pennsylvania |
| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Minnesota |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0271370057 |
E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESS-
ING OPERATIONS, 1980,P.169.
MINERALS RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING
DIRECTORY - 1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF MINN.,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, P. 100.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS PROPERTY WAS EVALUATED AS PART OF THE MCKINLEY MINE (SEQUENCE NUMBER 0271370011). THE WELTON RESERVE IS NEAR THE MCKINLEY MINE AND ORE FROM WELTON ONCE FED THE MCKINLEY MILL. ACCORDING TO THE J&L STAFF, ALL WELTON RESERVES WERE EXHAUSTED IN 1979. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | 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:
Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.