Hibbing mining district
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The Hibbing mining district is a major iron ore mining region on Minnesota’s Mesabi Range, historically one of the world’s most productive sources of iron ore.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hibbing Taconite Mine | 1 |
| United States Iron Range mining district | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
iron ore mining region
ⓘ
mining district ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commodity | iron ⓘ |
| containsMine |
Hibbing Taconite Mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developmentPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major contributor to U.S. steel industry ⓘ |
| environmentalImpact | large-scale landscape alteration from open-pit mining ⓘ |
| geologicalResource | banded iron formation ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity | Hibbing, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the world’s most productive iron ore sources in the 20th century ⓘ |
| impact | regional economic development in northern Minnesota ⓘ |
| influenced | growth of Hibbing, Minnesota ⓘ |
| knownFor |
iron ore production
ⓘ
open-pit iron mining ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesabi Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| miningMethod |
open-pit mining
ⓘ
underground mining (historically) ⓘ |
| oreType |
iron ore
ⓘ
taconite ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lake Superior iron district
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesabi iron range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakProductionPeriod | early to mid-20th century ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Minnesota ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructure | railroads for ore transport ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hibbing Taconite Mine
this entity surface form:
United States Iron Range mining district