Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiaryWater, Free
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsCalcite, Dolomite, Goethite, Graphite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10170464
MRDS IDW018561
Alternate namesPlummer Mine, Uss Plummer, Diamond Mine, Homestead Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.32079, -93.39603
References
EMMONS, W.H. AND F.E. GROUT (ED.). MINERAL RESOURCES OFMINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30, 1943, PP. 13 -57.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. NORTH AMERICAN IRON ORE.V. 175, NO. 11, 1974, P. 139.LEITH, C.K., R.J. LUND, AND A. LEITH. PRE-CAMBRIAN ROCKS OFTHE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF.PAPER 184, 1935, 28 PP.ROYCE, S. GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON DEPOSITS.THE MIN. CONG. J., MARCH 1936, PP. 16-41.SIKICH, M.G. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF MINNESOTA. BUMINESMINERALS YEARBOOK 1954, V. 3, 1957, P. 574.WHITE, D.A. THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABIRANGE, MINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 38, 1954,92 PP.