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Birch Lake and Campgrounds, Unorganized Territory of Birch Lake, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States

Type:	Camp(s) - a site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use
Mindat.org Region:	St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Region:	Unorganized Territory of Birch Lake, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Latitude:	47° 42' 55" N
Longitude:	91° 54' 33" W
Lat/Long (dec):	47.71528,-91.90917
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	453m
Mindat Feature ID:	7256313
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:7256313:5
GUID:	f888573e-8955-435f-b95c-ca5e305f828c

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 42' 29" N	91° 56' 30" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Serpentine Cu-Ni deposit, Babbitt, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 41' 26" N	91° 55' 25" W	3.0km (1.8 miles)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 12W Prospect (Range 12W Magnetic Taconite), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 41' 43" N	91° 51' 43" W	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Dunka Pit Erie Pit No. 8 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 42' 20" N	91° 51' 3" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Serpentine Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 40' 31" N	91° 52' 18" W	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Peter Mitchell Mine (East Mesabi Mine; Reserve Mine; Argo Mine), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 39' 59" N	91° 55' 0" W	5.5km (3.4 miles)
Northshore Mine (Peter Mitchell Mine; Reserve Mine; Babbitt Mine), Babbitt, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 39' 45" N	91° 56' 30" W	6.4km (4.0 miles)
Dunka pit (Dunka Road deposit; North Met deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 43' 14" N	91° 49' 27" W	6.4km (4.0 miles)
Birch Lake Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 45' 1" N	91° 49' 4" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Dunka River area prospect, Ely-Hoyt Lakes area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 38' 44" N	91° 52' 59" W	8.0km (4.9 miles)
Minnamax Exploration shaft prospect (Amax Exploration Inc), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 38' 32" N	91° 52' 54" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA	47° 43' 4" N	91° 47' 32" W	8.7km (5.4 miles)
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 13W Prospect, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 38' 59" N	91° 58' 59" W	9.1km (5.7 miles)
Maturi Prospect (South Kawishiwi River West; Duval), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA	47° 48' 5" N	91° 45' 20" W	15.0km (9.3 miles)
South Kawishwi River Area West Prospect (Inco South Lease; Inco Test Shaft Site), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA	47° 48' 5" N	91° 45' 20" W	15.0km (9.3 miles)
Erie Pit No. 5 (Erie Mining Company; P-M & Company Agt), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 37' 17" N	92° 3' 55" W	15.7km (9.7 miles)
Section 17 Deposit, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 35' 12" N	92° 0' 33" W	16.1km (10.0 miles)
Erie Pit No. 4 (P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 36' 43" N	92° 4' 8" W	16.6km (10.3 miles)
Nokomis deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA	47° 46' 59" N	91° 42' 29" W	16.8km (10.4 miles)
Siphon Mine (Spring Mine; Silverton Mine; P-M & Company Agt; Erie Mining Company), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 36' 41" N	92° 4' 47" W	17.2km (10.7 miles)
Birch Lake Area Prospect, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA	47° 49' 0" N	91° 43' 59" W	17.3km (10.8 miles)
Wet Legs deposit, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 34' 55" N	92° 2' 14" W	17.6km (11.0 miles)
Eagles Nest shear, Vermilion River Mines, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 50' 16" N	92° 4' 53" W	18.7km (11.6 miles)
Partridge River Area Occurrence, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 34' 33" N	92° 3' 32" W	19.1km (11.9 miles)
Longear, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 33' 53" N	92° 1' 59" W	19.1km (11.9 miles)
Longnose, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 33' 23" N	92° 0' 26" W	19.1km (11.9 miles)
Burntside, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 53' 39" N	91° 55' 43" W	20.0km (12.4 miles)
McComber Mine (John Adams Estate et al), Vermilion Range, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 51' 24" N	92° 4' 27" W	20.0km (12.4 miles)
Mayas Mine (Vega Minemayas; P-M&E Company Agts; Erie Mining Company), St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 35' 33" N	92° 6' 51" W	20.6km (12.8 miles)
Raspberry prospect (Ely prospect), Burntside, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	47° 54' 20" N	91° 55' 14" W	21.2km (13.2 miles)

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Hibbingite

Hibbingite occurrences, Lake County, Minnesota, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Cobaltite-Gersdorffite Series'

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ Hibbingite (TL)

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Banded-ferruginous chert'

ⓘ Banded iron formation

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Mid-continent Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Minnesota, USA	State
St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA	County

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
United States, Minnesota, Saint Louis	244.24.1386.0.0.0

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