Iron Range region (Michigan)

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historic region iron ore mining district

The Iron Range region in Michigan is a historic iron ore mining district in the Upper Peninsula centered around communities like Marquette.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Superior iron ore district 1
Marquette Iron Range 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic region ⓘ
iron ore mining district ⓘ
adjacentWaterBody Lake Superior ⓘ
centeredAround Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economicActivity mining ⓘ
ore processing ⓘ
geologicAge Precambrian ⓘ
geologicSetting Precambrian banded iron formations ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence immigrant mining communities ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
hasEconomicRole regional employment center (historically) ⓘ
source of iron ore for U.S. steel industry ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue mine reclamation ⓘ
tailings management ⓘ
hasFeature iron ore deposits ⓘ
mining towns ⓘ
rail spurs to mines ⓘ
hasHeritage mining heritage ⓘ
hasLandUse open-pit mines ⓘ
tailings basins ⓘ
underground mines ⓘ
historicPeriodOfPeakActivity early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
industry iron mining industry ⓘ
influencedDevelopmentOf Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
surrounding Upper Peninsula communities ⓘ
knownFor iron ore mining ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Peninsula of Michigan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: State of Michigan
majorCity Marquette, Michigan ⓘ
naturalResource iron ore ⓘ
oreType hematite ⓘ
magnetite ⓘ
partOf Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes mining regions

Iron Range region (Michigan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Superior iron ore district
product iron ore pellets ⓘ
raw iron ore ⓘ
resourceType metallic mineral resources ⓘ
tourismAttractionType industrial heritage tourism ⓘ
transportInfrastructure ore docks on Lake Superior ⓘ
railroads for ore transport ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Marquette → isPartOf → Iron Range region (Michigan) ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquette, Michigan
Iron Range region (Michigan) → partOf → Iron Range region (Michigan) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Superior iron ore district
Marquette County, Michigan → partOf → Iron Range region (Michigan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marquette Iron Range