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 1
Deposit:: PART OF ERIE TAC MINE
Deposit:: BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC E W COONS CO 1947
Commodities (Major) - Iron
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Biwabik Iron Formation, Trommald Formation
Structure: Faults
Tectonic Structure: Shield

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Iron

Mineral List

ⓘ Hematite

ⓘ Magnetite

2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Chert

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe₂O₃

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Magnetite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄
ⓘ	Hematite	4.CB.05	Fe₂O₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
O	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Hematite	Fe₂O₃
Fe	ⓘ Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe₂³⁺O₄

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10072649

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