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Cobalt Prospect

Occurrence in Cook county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Arsenic, Cobalt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122377
MAS/MILS ID 0270310006
Record type Site
Current site name Cobalt Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -90.67293, 48.0717 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cook(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gunflint Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saganaga Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Quetico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy Headwaters(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 Cook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 065 N 003 W 35 C Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Logan Sills
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Rove Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -90.67293, 48.0717
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA MINN GEOL SUR BUL NO 30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Weaton, G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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