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Gross-Nelson Mine (Virginia Extension Mine), Mesabi Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA

Latitude: 47°28'39"N
Longitude: 92°33'49"W
REF:Deposit:: 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.
Deposit:: WHITE, D.A.,1954. STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE MESABI RANGE, MINNESOTA, MINN.GEOL.SURV.BULL NO. 38
Deposit:: USBM PROD TABS, 1973
Reserve-Resource:: MINNESOTA MINING DIRECTORY, 1980, P.87
Reserve-Resource:: MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER. MINNESOTA MINING
Reserve-Resource:: DIRECTORY - 1981, ED. BY W.D. TRETHEWAY. UNIV. OF MINN.,
Commodities (Major) - Iron
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Biwabik - Ore, Divided Into 4 Informal Units: Upper Slaty 75' Thick Limestones And Marls; Upper Cherty - 175 Ft Of Conglomerate
Structure: Mesabi Range, Biwabik Fm. Exposed In A Long Narrow Belt Within The Mountains., Restricted Basin Required For Banded Iron Formation Deposition.
Tectonic Structure: North American Craton, Southern Most Portion Of Canadian Shield.

Mineral List

Ankerite
Calcite
Magnetite
Minnesotaite
Quartz
var: Chert

Siderite


6 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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