Mine detail: Marr Reserve X-57

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Location: Itasca County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.22249, -93.63107
dep_id: 10072810
mrds_id: W018492
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small 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
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.
  • Deposit:: LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORE ASSOCIATION, 1952, LAKE SUPERIOR IRON ORES: OHIO, CLEVELAND, P. 184.
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