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Gallery: Minnesota Geology

Minnesota Geology

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Geological GigaPans from Minnesota.

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Ron Schott
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  1. A closer look at the Archean Soudan Banded Iron Formation in northern Minnesota. The outcroop is located at Soudan State Park, site of the oldest Iron mine Minnesota. More details and a broader view here: gigapan.org/gigapans/94833Glacial striations on this outcrop trend from the top towards the bottom of th...

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  2. The late Archean (older than 2.5 billion years old) Soudan Banded Iron Formation is part of the Ely Greenstone Belt in northern Minnesota. This glacially scoured outcrop occurs in Soudan State Park, site of the oldest iron mine in Minnesota, which operated from 1884 to 1962. The banding reflects differing concentrati...

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  3. Edi and Berti climbed atop a boulder of banded iron formation (BIF) in Soudan, Minnesota.

  4. Another GigaPan shot in a hurry under partly cloudy conditions that nearly drove me mad. Turned out better than I expected, all things considered.

  5. A relatively quick overview shot, just before the mine museum closed.

  6. I got here rather late in the day, so the lighting was definitely not optimal.

  7. ... in the rain.

  8. Less complex than the last example, but another worthy exercise in determining the geologic history of the rocks in this roadcut. Please limit your explanations to a single blue book.

  9. Your assignment is to decipher the geologic history of the rocks seen in this roadcut. Good Luck!

  10. Is vugs even the right term? Could some of them be lava tubes?

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