Hill Annex Mine

Prospect in Itasca county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146674
MAS/MILS ID 0270610160
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Annex Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.27713, 47.39169 (WGS84)
Elevation 379
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Itasca(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lawrence Lake 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 056 N 023 W 13 NWNW Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.27713, 47.39169

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp., Northwest Ore Division
    ID 2100250
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Minnesota
    ID 2100250
    Year 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NATURAL IRON ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, P. 89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1983 Hartos 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 06/19/1981
MSHA mine ID2100250
Mine name (MSHA)J & L Hill Annex
Current operatorJones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Current controller (parent)LTV Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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