Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model188: Algoma Fe
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Soudan Iron Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1916
Identification
Deposit ID10072550
MRDS IDW018156
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.88222, -92.13602
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.,ET.AL.,1970. STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWER PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE VERMILION DISTRICT, NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, MINN. GEOL. SURV. R.I. 14, 33P.TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE