slgwv

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Posted: 18 Mar 2017


Taken: 10 Nov 2016

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Douglas County
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Minnesota Mine


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Minnesota Mine

Minnesota Mine
Which is in Douglas County, Nevada, despite the name! This mine started as a copper operation in the 1920s, but became much more productive as an iron mine, from the early 1950s to ca. 1970. The mineralization was a magnetite (Fe3O4) body of metamorphic origin. The mine was an open pit, as can be seen. The inset shows a close up of the pit lake in the bottom of the mine. It shows how dry the country is, that the pit lake is so small!

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 William Sutherland
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Awesome capture!

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7 years ago.
 slgwv
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Thanks, William!
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
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An impressive abandoned mine.
7 years ago.

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