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Super Clipper Jr Dec 19 2024
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Report 26: 1976, Sulphides in the Birchdale-Indus Area, Koochiching County, MN
Report 93: 1977; Mineral Resources of a Portion of the Duluth Complex and Adjacent Rocks in St. Louis and Lake Counties, Northeastern Minnesota
Report 107: 1977; Geophysical and Geochemical Survey, Skeleton Lake Area, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Report 73-3-1: 1976; Gyttja Lake Sediment Exploration Geochemical Survey of East Lake Vermilion-Ely Area, St. Louis County and Lake County, MN
Report 109: 1977; Pilot Study on Stream Sediment Exploration Geochemistry, Filson Creek, Lake County, Minnesota
Report 171: 1982; Lake Sediment Exploration Geochemical Survey of Portions of Lake and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota
Report 201: 1981; Geological, Geophysical, and Geochemical Surveys of Lake, St. Louis and Cook Counties, Minnesota
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Report 255: 1987; Drill Core Evaluation for Platinum Group Mineral Potential of the Basal Zone of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota; evaluation of selected drill cores from Duluth complex for PGE.
Report 288: 1991; Private Data Acquisition; synopsis of effort to gather historical exploration data from non-government sources
Andrena andrenoides (Colourful Willow Miner Bee)
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Report 347: 2003; Analysis of Drilling and Sampling Techniques Used to Obtain Representative and Accurate Samples in Coarse Sand and Gravel Deposits
Surficial Geology of Select Minnesota State Parks
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Report 104: 1976; Preliminary Report on Nineteen Digestion Methods Tested on Various Geochemical Sample Medias
Open-File Project 392: Regional Survey of Gold in Till, Cook Area, St. Louis County
Report 308: 1994; Platinum, Palladium and Gold Distribution in B-Horizon Soils in the Northwestern Part of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota
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