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Monica Mine

Past 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072831
MRDS ID W018515
Record type Site
Current site name Monica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.39964, 47.52889 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota St. Louis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
58N 16W 4;5;8,24;9 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation
    Rock unit name Biwabik Iron Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.39964, 47.52889
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mesabi Range

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOREY, G.B.,1972. MESABI RANGE; IN; SIMS,P.K. AND MOREY, G.B.,EDS., GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME,MINN.GEOL.SURV.,P.204-217.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.A.,1954. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV.BULL.38, 92P.

  • Production

    TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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