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Ilmenite from
Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Ilmenite
Formula:Fe2+TiO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ilmenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mesaba deposit (Minnamax deposit; Babbitt deposit; Babbitt Lake deposit; Amax Underground Mine), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:98211
Long-form Identifier:1:3:98211:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ilmenite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSerpentine Cu-Ni deposit, Babbitt, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
8.6km (5.3 miles) ⓘMinnamax Exploration shaft prospect (Amax Exploration Inc), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) ⓘBirch Lake Deposit, Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
14.4km (9.0 miles) ⓘSection 17 Deposit, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘLongear, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘLongnose, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘSouth Filson Creek Prospect (Filson Creek), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘSpruce Road Prospect (Spruce Mine; INCO Prospect; INCO Mine; Ely Nickel Copper Deposit; Spruce Road Deposit), Ely-Hoyt Lakes Area, Lake County, Minnesota, USA
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘSection 22 Deposit, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘSkibo Deposit, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, USA
References
5th International Platinum Symposium Bulletin of The Geological Society of Finland Number 61, Part 1,1989,1-64
 
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