Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Soudan Iron Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1891
Identification
Deposit ID10072546
MRDS IDW018152
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.90917, -91.86462
References
SIMS, P.K.,1972. BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS IN VERMILION DISTRICT, IN SIMS, P.K., AND MOREY, G.B., EDS., GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA; A CENTENNIAL VOLUME, MINN.GEOL.SURV., P. 79-81.MOREY, G.B., AND OTHERS,1970, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA: MINN.GEOL.SURV. R.I. 14, 33 P.TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE