Wyoming Mine

St. Louis 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 sizeLarge

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 statusPast Producer

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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.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.MINN. MINING DIRECTORY 1974, 1978, 1981.

Identification

Deposit ID10105914

MRDS IDW018668

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates47.53082, -92.50742