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Mississippi No.2 Mine

Past Producer in Itasca county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10268094
MAS/MILS ID 0270610014
Record type Site
Current site name Mississippi No.2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -93.08522, 47.40889 (WGS84)
Elevation 455
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

Keewatin(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 057 N 022 W 24 C S2SW Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -93.08522, 47.40889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 32HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 821008

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Mesabi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Minnesota
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    M9C4 = M1C1

  • Reserve-Resource

    MATRIX 9 COLUMN 4 EQUALS MATRIX 1 COLUMN 1

  • Reserve-Resource

    NATURAL IRON ORE

  • 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, P. 120.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hartos 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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