Mine detail: Jessie No.1 Mine

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Location: Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.27249, -93.48217
dep_id: 10072577
mrds_id: W018193
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: LINEAR
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Biwabik Iron Formation
hrock_type: Iron Formation
Year first produced: 1951
References:
  • Deposit:: MOREY, G.B.,1972. MESABI RANGE; IN; SIMS,P.K. AND MOREY, G.B.,EDS., GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME,MINN.GEOL.SURV.,P.204-217.
  • Deposit:: WHITE, D.A.,1954. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV.BULL.38, 92P.
  • Production:: TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE
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