Mine detail: Old Spaulding Mine

Previously called 'Spalding Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.04861, -90.21401

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Calcite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Rove Formation
Host type:	Slate

References

MRDS	W062158
DEP	10082807
Reference	{Deposit:: GROUT, F.F., 1937, PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF GOLD PROSPECTS OF MINNESOTA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 1., P. 56-68.}{Deposit:: SIMS, P.K., AND DAY, W.C., 1992, A REGIONAL STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ARCHEAN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, UNITED STATES, IN SIMS, P.K., AND CARTER, L.M.H., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1094-M, 19 P.}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M. (Cannon, W. F.), Mason Jr., G.T.