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Sellers Mine (Sellers Triangle Mine; Rhude & Fryberger Inc), St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USAi
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Sellers Mine (Sellers Triangle Mine; Rhude & Fryberger Inc)Mine
St. Louis Co.County
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View of the Mesabi Range iron mining area, in 1912.

Sellers Mine, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA
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"Miners far down underground at Sellers Mine", 1906

Sellers Mine, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA
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View of the Mesabi Range iron mining area, in 1912.

Sellers Mine, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA
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"Miners far down underground at Sellers Mine", 1906

Sellers Mine, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA
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View of the Mesabi Range iron mining area, in 1912.

Sellers Mine, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 27' 11'' North , 92° 56' 11'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Hibbing16,204 (2017)2.9km
Chisholm4,981 (2017)5.6km
Keewatin1,049 (2017)11.8km
Buhl990 (2017)12.7km
Kinney169 (2017)16.9km


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:: OFFICE OF ORE EST MINES DIRECTORY U OF MN 19
Deposit:: MESABI MINERAL MSSN ET AL RHUDE & FRYBERGER INC 1977
Commodities (Major) - Iron
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Biwabik Iron Formation, Iron Formation
Structure: Faults
Tectonic Structure: Shield

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2 valid minerals.

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Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4

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OOxygen
O HematiteFe2O3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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