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taconite
n. a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined as a low-grade iron ore
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Taconite, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 315
Housing Units (2000): 150
Land area (2000): 4.883090 sq. miles (12.647144 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.364056 sq. miles (0.942901 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.247146 sq. miles (13.590045 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64048
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.316541 N, 93.362090 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Housing Units (2000): 150
Land area (2000): 4.883090 sq. miles (12.647144 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.364056 sq. miles (0.942901 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.247146 sq. miles (13.590045 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64048
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.316541 N, 93.362090 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Wikipedia
Taconite
Taconite is a variety of iron formation, an iron-bearing (> 15% iron) sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate. Newton Horace Winchell, the Minnesota State Geologist, coined the term during his pioneering investigations of the Precambrian Biwabik Iron Formation of northeastern Minnesota. He noted the rock had a superficial resemblance to iron-bearing rocks from the Taconic Mountains of New York.
The iron content of taconite, commonly present as finely dispersed magnetite, is generally 25 to 30%.