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South Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake Co., Minnesota, USA

REF:Analytical Data:: KUHNS AND OTHERS, 1990; MORTON AND HAUCK, 1989; HAUCK AND BARNES, 1989
Deposit:: KUHNS, M.J.P., HAUCK, S.A., AND BARNES, R.J., 1990, ORIGIN AND OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS, GOLD AND SILVER IN THE SOUTH FILSON CREEK COPPER-NIC
Deposit:: PAGE, N. J, 1986, DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF DULUTH CU-NI-PGE, IN COX, D.P. AND SINGER, D.A., MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 16.
Deposit:: HAUCK, S.A., SEVERSON, M.J., ZANKO, L., BARNES, S-J., MORTON, P., ALMINAS,
Commodities (Major) - Nickel, Copper; (Minor) - Cobalt, Silver, PGE - Palladium, PGE - Platinum, Gold
Development Status: Prospect
Deposit Model: 9: Duluth Cu-Ni-PGE
Host Rock Unit: Josephine Ophiolite
Structure: Faults, Brecciation
Host Rock: Troctolite
Tectonic Structure: Duluth Complex Within Midcontinent Rift





Map Reference: 47°49'18"N , 91°40'25"W

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Mineral List:
  • Biotite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Covellite
  • Cubanite
  • Digenite
  • Galena
  • 'Iddingsite'
  • Ilmenite
  • Magnetite
  • Millerite
  • Nickeline
  • Pentlandite
  • 'Sericite'
  • 'Serpentine Group'
  • Sperrylite
  • Sphalerite
  • Stilpnomelane


    19 entries listed. 14 valid minerals.

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