Mine detail: Chandler Mine-North

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Location: St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.90917, -91.86462
dep_id: 10072546
mrds_id: W018152
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Chert
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 188: Algoma Fe
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Soudan Iron Formation
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1891
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMS, P.K.,1972. BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS IN VERMILION DISTRICT, IN SIMS, P.K., AND MOREY, G.B., EDS., GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME, MINN.GEOL.SURV., P. 79-81.
  • Deposit:: MOREY, G.B., AND OTHERS,1970, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: MINN.GEOL.SURV. R.I. 14, 33 P.
  • Production:: TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE
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