Minnesota · Itasca County
Past Producer
Delaware #1 & #2
Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
Iron Water Free
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
TertiaryWater, Free
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsChert, Goethite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Martite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1913
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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, PP. 83, 93, AND 137.ROYCE, S. GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR IRON DEPOSITS.MIN. CONG. J., MARCH 1936, PP. 16-41.WHITE, D.A. THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABIRANGE, MINNESOTA. MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 38,1954, 92 PP.MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING DIREC-TORY-1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY, UNIV. OF MINN.,MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 1981, 266 PP.
Identification
Deposit ID10219607
MRDS IDW018366
Alternate namesDelaware Mine and Concentrator
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.32919, -93.32523
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.