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  2. Magnetite - Wikipedia

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    Magnetite and other heavy minerals (dark) in a quartz beach sand (Chennai, India). Magnetite is sometimes found in large quantities in beach sand. Such black sands (mineral sands or iron sands) are found in various places, such as Lung Kwu Tan in Hong Kong; California, United States; and the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. [32]

  3. Ironsand - Wikipedia

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    Sand used for mining typically had anywhere from 19% magnetite to as low as 2%. The ironsand typically had to be separated from the sand mixture. Because the magnetite is usually heavier than quartz, feldspar, or other minerals, separation was usually done by washing it in sluice boxes (a method similar to gold panning but on a larger scale).

  4. Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, owned by MP Materials, is an open-pit mine of rare-earth elements on the south flank of the Clark Mountain Range in California, 53 miles (85 km) southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2020 the mine supplied 15.8% of the world's rare-earth production.

  5. Buena Vista Mine, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    In June 2011, Richmond Mining LTD, an Australian mining company (RHM:ASX), received a special use permit to develop the Buena Vista Iron Ore Mine in Churchill County, Nevada. The permit includes a 25 miles (40 km) slurry pipeline north to Colado Siding [ 6 ] near Interstate 80 and annual use of up to 1,750 acre-feet (570,000,000 US gal) of water.

  6. Iron ore - Wikipedia

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    As of 2019, magnetite iron ore is mined in Minnesota and Michigan in the United States, eastern Canada, and northern Sweden. [8] Magnetite-bearing banded iron formation is mined extensively in Brazil as of 2019, which exports significant quantities to Asia , and there is a nascent and large magnetite iron ore industry in Australia .

  7. Pyrrhotite - Wikipedia

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    Pyrrhotite is associated and mined with other sulfide minerals like pentlandite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and magnetite, and has been found globally. NiAs structure of basic pyrrhotite-1C. Pyrrhotite with pentlandite (late Paleoproterozoic, 1.85 G… | Flickr Microscopic image of pyrrhotite under reflected light

  8. List of mines in California - Wikipedia

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    Argonaut Mining Company: 1893–1942 registered as California Historical Landmark #786. Golden Fleece Tunnel: Westville: Golden Fleece Mining & Milling Co. Iron Mountain Mine: Redding: Kennedy Mine: Jackson: 1886–1942 South of Sutter Gold Mine Locarno Mine

  9. Iron Mountain Mine - Wikipedia

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    Iron Mountain Mine, also known as the Richmond Mine at Iron Mountain, is a mine near Redding in Northern California, US. Geologically classified as a "massive sulfide ore deposit", the site was mined for iron , silver , gold , copper , zinc , quartz , and pyrite intermittently from the 1860s until 1963.