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Hoyt Lakes Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085077
MRDS ID W700605
Record type Site
Current site name Hoyt Lakes Mine
Alternate or previous names Ltv Mine, Erie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.14186, 47.6 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Acc Lat/Lon Of Erie Mine From Usbm Record.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aurora(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
59N 14W 17 NE4 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TACONITE IS PRODUCED.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.14186, 47.6
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Mesabi Range

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ltv Steel Co., Inc.

Comments on development

  • ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 3,000,000 TONNES/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD SHOULD BE DELETED, BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME SITE AS THE ERIE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-89 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-96 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-97 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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