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Lind-Greenway Mine

Past Producer in Itasca county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Iron, Water, Free
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122019
MRDS ID W018473
MAS/MILS ID 0270610006
Record type Site
Current site name Lind-Greenway Mine
Alternate or previous names Greenway Mine, Lind Mine, Marr-Adair
Related records 10072792

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.50023, 47.27969 (WGS84)
Elevation 385
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Itasca(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cohasset East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pokegama Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prairie-Willow(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Itasca

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 055 N 025 W 03 C N2 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.50023, 47.27969
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 625HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 625
    Date of Last Modification 820108

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXACT DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS ARE UNAVAILABLE. OVERBURDEN WAS REMOVED DURING PREVIOUS MINING. THE ORE BODY STRIKES EAST-NORTHEAST AND DIPS 9 DEGREES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE STRATIGRAPHIC THICKNESS OF THE BIWABIK IRON FORMATION IS 135 METERS.
  • GREENALITE, MINNESOTAITE, AND STILPNOMELANE ARE ALSO PRESENT BUT ARE NOT ON THE MINERAL DATA SET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Lake Superior

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Ltv Steel Co., Inc.
    ID 2100252
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 6778. Aurora, Mn 55705
    Year 1989

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Description 1949000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1968
    Description 2191000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1969
    Description 2752000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1970
    Description 1835000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1971
    Description 2652000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1972
    Description 2258000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1973
    Description 3649000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1974
    Description 3492000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1975
    Description 2226000 Metric Tons Ore/Day
  • Year 1976
    Description 2339000 Metric Tons Ore/Day

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Reserves 0mt ore
    Demonstrated 0mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 30 wt-pct Iron Major 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL AREA CONTROLLED IS 882 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING 1989/1990. P. 169.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. AND F.F. GROUT (ED.). MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    MINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, 1943,

  • Deposit

    PP. 13-57.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NORTH AMERICAN IRON ORE.

  • Deposit

    V. 175, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1974, PP. 100-101, 138.

  • Deposit

    IRON AND STEEL ENGINEER. J&L STARTS OPERATION OF LIND-

  • Deposit

    GREENWAY MINE. V. 37, AUGUST 1960, P. 190.

  • Deposit

    LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION. LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES

  • Deposit

    MINING DIRECTORY AND STATISTICAL RECORD OF THE LAKE

  • Deposit

    SUPERIOR IRON ORE DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES AND

  • Deposit

    CANADA. CLEVELAND, OHIO, 2ND ED., 1952, PP. 171, 182.

  • Deposit

    MARSDEN, R.W., J.W. EMANUELSON, J.S. OWENS, N.E. WALKER, AND

  • Deposit

    R.F. WERNER. THE MESABI IRON RANGE, MINNESOTA. CH. IN

  • Deposit

    ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    J.D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1, 1968, PP. 518-537.

  • Deposit

    MCGRAW-HILL. 1980 E&MJ INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING

  • Deposit

    AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. MCGRAW-HILL MINING

  • Deposit

    PUBLICATIONS, NEW YORK, 1980, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY-1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF MINN.,

  • Deposit

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.A. THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABI

  • Deposit

    RANGE, MINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 38, 1954,

  • Deposit

    92 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS ALSO LOCATED ON THE COHASSET EAST QUADRANGLE (7.5 MIN.) TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. DEPOSIT WAS EVALUATED AT EASTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER. THE PALNT CAPACITY WAS 2600000 MTPY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-95 Pmt, Drw U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/01/1982
MSHA mine ID2100252
Mine name (MSHA)Lind Greenway
Current operatorJones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Current controller (parent)LTV Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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