Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlInavailability Of Free Oxygen Allowing Ferrous Oxides To Form. Advent Of Photosynthetic Eucaryotic Organisms Releasing O2 2 B.Y. Ago Upset The Oxygen Poor Environment Required For Continued Ferrous Iron Deposition (Garrells, Et Al, 1973).
Materials
Ore mineralsAnkerite, Magnetite, Minnesotaite, Siderite
GangueCalcite, Chert
Geology
Host rockIron Formation · Biwabik Iron Formation
AlterationMetamorphism In East Mesabi Range. French (1973) Identified Three Distinct Mineral Assembleges Related To Temperature And Pressure Conditions.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10072860
MRDS IDW018556
Alternate namesArgo Mine, East Mesabi Mine, Reserve Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.66639, -91.91712
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.BAYLEY, R.W. AND JAMES, H.L., 1973, ECON. GEOL. V. 68, N. 7, PP. 934-1004.FRENCH, B.V., 1973, ECON. GEOL. V.68, N. 7, PP. 1063-1074.LA BERGE, G.L., 1973, ECON. GEOL., V. 68, N. 7, PP. 1098-1109.GARRELS, R.M., PERRY, E.A., AND MACKENZIE, F.J., 1973, ECON. GEOL., VOL. 68, N. 7, PP. 1173-1179.TRETHEWEY, W.D., 1974, UNIV. MINN. BULL., MINING DIRECTORY ISSUE