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Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 19w

Prospect 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10122570
MAS/MILS ID 0271370038
Record type Site
Current site name Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 19w
Alternate or previous names Range 19w Magnetic Taconite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.73351, 47.52499 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinney(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

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT REVISED 1982 AT EFOC. DEPOSIT OCCURS ON KINNEY AND DEWEY LAKE SE 7.5 MIN. QUAD. MAPS. MOST OF THE DOMAIN IS PRIVATE; A SMALL PART IS ON THE SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -92.73351, 47.52499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 43M
    Length 8475M
    Width 1600M
    Depth to top 7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 821122

Comments on the geologic information

  • RESERVES FROM LOWER CHERTY MEMBER. WIDTH OF MINABLE ORE RANGES FROM 855-2135 M. DIP VARIES FROM 2-8 DEGREES. TACONITE THICKNESS - 43 METERS; BOTTOM LEAN TACONITE THICKNESS - 9.2 METERS. OTHER = METASEDIMENTARY ORE BODY. LENGTH AND WIDTH REFER TO THE ENTIRE BIWABIK FORMATION OF RANGE 19W. THICKNESS REFERS TO AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THE TACONITE UNITS OF RANGE 19W. HOST ROCK IS METASEDIMENT.
  • OTHER MINERALS PRESENT INCLUDE MINNESOTAITE & STILPNOMELANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Superior

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Comments on the ownership information

  • LAND HOLDINGS OF INDIVIDUAL OWNERS NOT DETERMINED.

Comments on the production information

  • MINING ON RANGE 19W BEGAN IN 1977 AT HIBBING DEPOSIT; THIS PROPERTY NOT CONSIDERED PART OF THIS DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO DEDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN DEPOSIT RESERVES FOR THE CITY OF KINNEY OR ROADS IN THE AREA. GRADE REPORTED IN TERMS OF WEIGHT RECOVERY; WT. REC. = 29.0.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MARSDEN, R.W. ESTIMATION AND EVALUATION OF THE IRON ORE

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESERVES OF THE UNITED STATES - A PARTIAL SURVEY 1974-

  • Reserve-Resource

    75. IRON ORE RESERVES OF THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA.

  • Reserve-Resource

    A MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM REPORT. BUMINES OFR

  • Reserve-Resource

    109-80, 1980, 81 PP.; NTIS PB 80-228984.

  • Reserve-Resource

    # TONNAGES REPORTED BY MARSDEN, NO MATTER WHAT THE UNIT

  • Reserve-Resource

    # DESIGNATION, WERE ASSUMED TO BE IN LONG TONS BECAUSE

  • Reserve-Resource

    # OF THE INCONSISTENCY OF UNITS IN HIS REPORT AND HIS

  • Reserve-Resource

    # EXPLANATION THAT HE MADE NO CONVERSIONS TO METRIC

  • Reserve-Resource

    # TONS BECAUSE OF THE GENERALIZED NATURE OF THE DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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