Iron Range

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mining region region

The Iron Range is a region in northern Minnesota known for its rich iron ore deposits and long history of mining and industrial development.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Iron Range canonical	10
Iron Range (Minnesota)	1
Iron Range region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mining region ⓘ region ⓘ
abbreviation	IRRRB region ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic	immigrant mining heritage ⓘ strong labor union tradition ⓘ
demographics	significant population of mining communities ⓘ
economicSector	mining ⓘ steel industry supply ⓘ
environmentalIssue	mine land reclamation ⓘ tailings disposal ⓘ
governingBody	Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResource	hematite ⓘ taconite ⓘ
historicalIndustry	open-pit iron ore mining ⓘ taconite processing ⓘ underground iron ore mining ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major source of iron ore for U.S. steel industry ⓘ
knownFor	industrial development ⓘ iron mining ⓘ iron ore deposits ⓘ taconite mining ⓘ
locatedIn	Minnesota ⓘ northern Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Itasca County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Koochiching County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Louis County, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Superior NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnGeologicalFeature	Cuyuna Iron Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesabi Iron Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermilion Iron Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity	Chisholm, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Eveleth, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Rapids, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Hibbing, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Mountain Iron, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cuyuna Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Gunflint Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesabi Range NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermilion Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfPeakProduction	early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfTaconiteDevelopment	mid 20th century ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ Minnesota Discovery Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportInfrastructure	ore docks on Lake Superior ⓘ railroads for ore transport ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Minnesota → contains → Iron Range ⓘ

Range Regional Airport → locatedInRegion → Iron Range ⓘ

Range Regional Airport → servesRegion → Iron Range ⓘ

Fairview Range Medical Center → geographicArea → Iron Range ⓘ

Minnesota's 8th congressional district → regionIncludes → Iron Range ⓘ

Mesabi Range → partOf → Iron Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Range (Minnesota)

Hibbing → partOf → Iron Range ⓘ

Minnesota State Highway 73 → serves → Iron Range ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Range region

Ely, Minnesota → isPartOf → Iron Range ⓘ

Mountain Iron, Minnesota → partOf → Iron Range ⓘ

Itasca County, Minnesota → hasRegion → Iron Range ⓘ

Soudan, Minnesota → locatedInRegion → Iron Range ⓘ