Pennington Mine

Past Producer in Crow Wing 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10218986
MAS/MILS ID 0270350165
Record type Site
Current site name Pennington Mine
Alternate or previous names Shawmut Co Et Al

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.98635, 46.48219 (WGS84)
Elevation 375
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crow Wing(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crosby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mille Lacs Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elk-Nokasippi(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Crow Wing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
4th Principal 046 N 029 W 10 C SWNE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.98635, 46.48219

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rhude And Fryberger Inc.
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pittsburg Pacific Co. (Lessee)
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTARY, 1980,P.135

  • Deposit

    OFFICE OF ORE ESTIMATION MINES DIRECTORY U OF MN 1960

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.

External references