Mine detail: Chandler Mine-South

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Location: St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.90639, -91.86546
dep_id: 10072547
mrds_id: W018153
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: 1888
References:
  • Deposit:: SIMS, P.K.,1972. BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS IN VERMILION DISTRICT; IN; SIMS,P.K. AND MOREY,G.B.,EDS., GEOLOGYOF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME, MINN.GEOL.SURV., P.79-81.
  • Deposit:: MOREY, G.B.,ET.AL.,1970. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV. R.I. 14, 33P.
  • Production:: TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE
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