Mississippi No.3 Mine

Itasca County, Minnesota, United States

Iron

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryIron

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeMedium

Orebody formLINEAR

Materials

Ore mineralsHematite, Magnetite

GangueChert

Geology

Host rockIron Formation · Biwabik Iron Formation

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1944

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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

Identification

Deposit ID10072602

MRDS IDW018227

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates47.40888, -93.09383