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Kelliher Prospect

Unknown in Beltrami 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082811
MRDS ID W062162
Record type Site
Current site name Kelliher Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.54222, 47.93666 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Approximate Center Of The Sw1/4 Of The Section.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beltrami(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saum NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blackduck(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bemidji(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Beltrami

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
152N 30W 31 SW4 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS AT THE WEST END OF A SERIES OF SMALL OUTCROPS IN A BELT RUNNING A LITTLE NORTH OF EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Greenstone Was Probably Metamorphosed To Chlorite, Carbonate, Leucoxene And Other Alteration Products Prior To Contact Mineralization By The Trachite Porphyry.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.54222, 47.93666
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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

  • MINERALIZATION WAS THE RESULT OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE GREENSTONE AND TRACHITE PORPHYRY. THE MINERALIZED ZONE IS A NUMBER OF FEET WIDE AND SEEMS TO BE GREENSTONE SCHIST MODIFIED TO BROWN GARNET, ACTINOLITE, CHLORITE, EPIDOTE, CARBONATE, AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GROUT (1937) DID NOT GIVE A MORE SPECIFIC NAME FOR THIS PROSPECT.

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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