Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans | |
Saint Louis | county |
Minnesota | state |
United States | country |
North America | continent |
Land | continent |
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS | |
Babbitt SW | quadrangle 1:24,000 scale |
Ely | quadrangle 1:100,000 scale |
Two Harbors | quadrangle 1:250,000 scale |
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units) | |
St. Louis | hydrologic unit |
St. Louis | hydrologic accounting unit |
Western Lake Superior | hydrologic subregion |
Great Lakes | hydrologic region |
Areas administered by US Federal agencies | |
Superior National Forest | National Forest |
National Forest FS | Type of land area |
FS | Federal land areas administered by FS |
Unit | State | Lithology |
---|---|---|
Troctolite | MN | Mesoproterozoic |
ID | Data type | Description |
---|---|---|
Two Harbors | M/R-D | Two Harbors 1364 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of MN-WI-MI |
Hibbing | M/R-D | Hibbing 2248 line km with spacing 9.60 km over parts of MN |
Northeastern surveys | M-D | Northeastern surveys 100000 line km with spacing 0.40 km over parts of MN |
Tract | Deposit Type | Mineralization age |
---|---|---|
LS01 | Duluth Cu-Ni-PGE | Middle Proterozoic |
Domain | Crust type | Region |
---|---|---|
Mid-continent | Intracontinental rift | Central and Southwest |
Site name | Development | Commodities |
---|---|---|
Section 17 Deposit | Unknown | FE TI_M CU NI |
Deposit name | Deposit type | Location |
---|---|---|
Section 17 Deposit | unclassified | Minnesota, United States |
Tract name | Deposit type | Geology |
---|---|---|
Pacific Margin | porphyry copper | Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia. |
LS07 - Lake Superior | sediment-hosted stratabound copper | Marine carbonaceous strata of the Mesoproterozoic Nonesuch Formation overlying Mesoproterozoic continental clastic rocks of the Copper Harbor Formation, Midcontinent Rift |