Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formLINEAR
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite
GangueChert
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Biwabik Iron Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Identification
Deposit ID10072569
MRDS IDW018181
Alternate namesAlan Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.5361, -92.60659
References
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.WHITE, D.A.,1954. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV.BULL.38, 92P.TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE