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Vermilion River Mines

Unknown in St. Louis county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082815
MRDS ID W062166
Record type Site
Current site name Vermilion River Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.60271, 48.24139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Location Is Of A Small Settlement On The S Bank Of The Vermilion River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kabustasa Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crane Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Vermilion(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 St. Louis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
67N 18W 36 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROPERTY LIES ALONG THE BANKS OF THE VERMILION RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.60271, 48.24139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name In The Quetico Subprovince Of The Superior Province.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sims And Day (1992) Note That The Fundamental Regional Control On Gold Deposits In The Superior Province Is Transcurrent And Oblique Slip-Shear Deformation Zones That Formed In Late Archean Time.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DISTRICT IS IN MIDST OF THE LARGEST GRANITE BATHOLITH IN THE STATE, THE VERMILION GRANITE, BUT AT A PLACE WHERE SCHIST INCLUSIONS AND POSSIBLY ROOF PENDANTS ARE ABUNDANT, AND WHERE PEGMATITES AND QUARTZ VEINS COMPLICATE THE STRUCTURE (GROUT, 1937, P. 66).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE, AND A SHAFT WAS SUNK DEEP ENOUGH TO RUN OFF TWO LEVELS AND CROSS CUTS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FOR GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE REGION HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY A GENERALLY THIN, DISCONTINUOUS MANTLE OF PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL DEPOSITS. ; ECON.COM: THE OCCURRENCE OF LARGE GOLD DEPOSITS IN CANADA SUGGESTS THAT THE GREENSTONE-GRANITE TERRANES OF MINNESOTA ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF IMPORTANT GOLD DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-95 Sutphin, David M. (Cannon, W. F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-97 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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