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Missabe Mountain Mine

Past 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. 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 10146708
MAS/MILS ID 0271370009
Record type Site
Current site name Missabe Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.5191, 47.52559 (WGS84)
Elevation 472
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia(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
4th Principal 058 N 017 W 08 NE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.5191, 47.52559
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pittsburgh Pacific
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of Minnesota
    Year 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NATURAL IRON ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY,1980, P.123

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINERAL RESOURSES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

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

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, P. 120

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TAB 1973 OWN/OP: PITTSBURGH PACIFIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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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