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Pages in category "Iron mines in Minnesota" ... Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine; L. Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park; M. Milford Mine;
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, Mesabi Range, 2010. The Mesabi Iron Range is a mining district and mountain range in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore. It is the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. First described in ...
Gilbert (pop. 1,799) is the location of Lake Ore-be-gone, an artificial lake created by flooding three open-pit iron ore mines. Hibbing (pop. 16,361) is the largest city by area in the state of Minnesota. It is home to the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, one of the world's largest open pit iron mines.
The Hull–Rust–Mahoning Mine was named a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [1] The city of Hibbing has long maintained a public overlook and visitor center on the rim of the mine, attracting tens of thousands of tourists each year. In 2019, the overlook was to be moved as mining operations expanded. [4]
By 1912 the mine was at a depth of 1,250 feet (381 m). [4] When the mine closed, level 27 was being developed at 2,341 feet (713.5 m) below the surface and the entire underground workings consisted of more than fifty miles of drifts, adits, and raises. In 1965, US Steel donated the Soudan Mine to the State of Minnesota to use for educational ...
Mountain Iron Mine – iron mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota; Robinson Mine – copper and gold mine in Ruth, Nevada [8] New Cornelia mine – inactive copper mine near Ajo, Arizona; Ray mine – Asarco copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona; Red Dog mine – zinc and lead mine in Red Dog Mine, Alaska; Rio Tinto Borax Mine – California ...
Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area is a Minnesota state park located east of Lake Ore-be-gone in Gilbert, Minnesota. The recreation area consists of 36 miles (58 km) of trails on a 1,864-acre (754 ha) unit, all of which was local iron ore mining land until 1981. A 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) expansion of the recreation area is also ...
Lake Superior Iron Ranges. The Vermilion Range exists between Tower, Minnesota and Ely, Minnesota, and contains significant deposits of iron ore. Together with the Mesabi, Gunflint, and Cuyuna ranges, these four constitute the Iron Ranges of northern Minnesota. While the Mesabi Range had iron ore close enough to the surface to enable pit mining ...