Commodities
PrimaryIron
TertiarySilica
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsGoethite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Martite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Identification
Deposit ID10170736
Alternate namesMcKinly Mine, McKinley Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.5233, -92.4027
References
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY 1980.1980, P. 117.LEMOINE, R., J. GROSS. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION;PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DURING FIELD VISIT, MAY 7, 1981.OPEN FILE REPORT 109-80, IRON ORE RESERVES OF THE MESABIRANGE MINNESOTA, JAN 23, 1980 PP. 12, 18, AND 44.WINTER, J.C., R.D. COTTER AND H.L. YOUNG, PETRGRAPHY ANDSTRATIGRAPHY OF GLACIAL DRIFT, MESABI-VERMILLION IRONRANGE AREA, NORTHEASTERN MINN. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.1331-C, 1973, P. 8.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, MCKINLEY-A HIGH-GRADE WASHOPERATION, NOV. 1974, PP. 136-137.MARSDEN, R. W. THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, ORE DEPOSTIS OFTHE U.S. 1933-1967, PP. 518-537.MOREY, G.B. MESABI RANGE, GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA: A CENTENNIALVOLUME, 1972, PP. 204-217.UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY 1981.1981, PP. 22 AND 115.ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OFMINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING 1980, P. 197.