Tucker-Poplar Lake Deposit

Prospect in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Vanadium, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000756
MRDS ID ISM0588
Record type District
Current site name Tucker-Poplar Lake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -90.60763, 48.0544 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN 4 KM OF CANADIAN BORDER, NEAR SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR; LAT-LONGS FROM THE NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION IN BETWEEN TUCKER AND POPLAR LAKES; "MAGMATIC, BASIC, IRREGULAR OR STRATIFORM, MASSIVE"

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South 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)

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cook

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -90.60763, 48.0544

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SEGREGATIONS IN OXIDE-RICH GABBRO

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner NATIONAL FOREST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT, F.F., 1949-50, THE TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITES OF MINNESOTA: ST. PAUL, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITITATION, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    NATHAN, H.D., 1969, THE GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE DULUTY COMPLEX, COOK COUNTY: PH.D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 198P.

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48P.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, E.C., 1966, TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. US BUREAU OF INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8290, 65P.

  • Deposit

    FORCE, R.R. AND LYND, L.E., 1984, TITANIUM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES DEFINITIONS AND DOCUMENTATION: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS, US GEOLGOICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1558B

Beyond USGS

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