Canisteo Mine

Past Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10195189
MAS/MILS ID 0270610004
Record type Site
Current site name Canisteo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -93.47443, 47.29939 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
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

Bovey(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -93.47443, 47.29939

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 Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co.
    ID 2100237
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Numerous Private Owners
    ID 2100237
    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. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF MINN.,

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, PP. 56-61

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS OWN/OP:CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IR

  • Deposit

    EMPL 204 ORE MINED-29450 LTPD "NORTH AMERICAN IRON ORE" EMJ

  • Deposit

    PAGES 100,139 (EXCELLENT)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-1984 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/25/1982
MSHA mine ID2100237
Mine name (MSHA)Canisteo Mine
Current operatorCleveland-Cliffs Iron Company
Current controller (parent)Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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