Mine detail: Gunflint Corridor West

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.08611, -90.84736

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Nickel
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Biotite, Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1966

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Poplar Lake Intrusion
Host type:	Troctolite

References

MRDS	W018677
DEP	10072946
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.G., 1970, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE DULUTH COMPLEX, UNIV. OF IOWA PHD THESIS.}{Deposit:: WEIBLEN, AND MOREY, 1975, THE DULUTH COMPLEX--AN INTEGRATED SUMMARY; PROC. A.I.M.E.}{Deposit:: 1969 GEOLMAP MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE MA}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.