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Duluth Complex Overview - Spruce Road, Maturi, Birch Lake, Dunka Pit, Serpentine, Minnamax (Babbitt), NorthMet (Dunka Road), Wetlegs, Wyman Creek.
Minnesota, USA
Main commodities: Cu Ni PGE PGM




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2018.     Record last updated: 22/04/2020
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Benko, Z., Mogessie, A., Molnar, F., Severson, M.J., Hauck, S.A. and Raic, S.,  2015 - Partial Melting Processes and Cu-Ni-PGE Mineralization in the Footwall of the South Kawishiwi Intrusion at the Spruce Road Deposit, Duluth Complex, Minnesota : in    Econ. Geol.   v.110 pp. 1269-1293
Mansur, E.T., Barnes, S.-J. and Duran, C.J.,  2021 - An overview of chalcophile element contents of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits: in    Mineralium Deposita   v.56, pp. 179-204.
Queffurus M and Barnes S-J,  2014 - Selenium and Sulfur Concentrations in Country Rocks From the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA: Implications for Formation of the Cu-Ni-PGE Sulfides : in    Econ. Geol.   v.109 pp. 785-794
Ripley E M, Taib N I, Li C and Moore C H,  2007 - Chemical and mineralogical heterogeneity in the basal zone of the Partridge River Intrusion: implications for the origin of Cu-Ni sulfide mineralization in the Duluth Complex, midcontinent rift system : in    Contrib. to Mineralogy & Petrology   v154 pp 35-54
Severson M J, Miller J D, Peterson D M, Green J C and Hauck S A,  2002 - Mineral potential of the Duluth Complex and related intrusions: in Miller J D, et al., (Eds.), 2002 Geology and Mineral Potential of the Duluth Complex and Related Rocks of Northeastern Minnesota Minnesota Geological Survey   Report of Investigations 58 pp 164-200
Theriault R D, Barnes S-J, Severson M J  2000 - Origin of Cu-Ni-PGE Sulfide mineralization in the Partridge River intrusion, Duluth Complex, Minnesota: in    Econ. Geol.   v95 pp 929-943
Virtanen, V.J., Heinonen, J.S., Barber, N.D. and Molnar, F.,  2022 - Complex Effects of Assimilation on Sulfide Saturation Revealed by Modeling with the Magma Chamber Simulator: A Case Study on the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA: in    Econ. Geol.   v.117, pp. 1881-1899. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4917.


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