Commodities
SecondaryGold, Copper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlSims And Day (1992) Note That The Fundamental Regional Control On Gold Deposits In The Superior Province Is Transcurrent And Oblique Slip-Shear Deformation Zones That Formed In Late Archean Time.
Materials
Ore mineralsCubanite, Pentlandite
GangueAugite, Biotite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Olivine
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10082817
MRDS IDW062168
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.98278, -90.91875
References
GROUT, F.F., 1937, PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF GOLD PROSPECTS OF MINNESOTA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 1., P. 56-68.SIMS, P.K., AND DAY, W.C., 1992, A REGIONAL STRUCTURAL MODEL FOR GOLD MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ARCHEAN SUPERIOR PROVINCE, UNITED STATES, IN SIMS, P.K., AND CARTER, L.M.H., EDS., CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1094-M, 19 P.