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Platteville's Mining History

The Lumber Industry in Northern Wisconsin Exhibit; Wisconsin Waters Exhibit; Museum Mini Tours. ... bringing diverse groups of people and the mining industry to what would later become southwest Wisconsin. In 1827, galena (lead ore) was discovered in Platteville by frontiersmen exploring the Northwest Territory, which included the present-day ...

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The Penokees Are A Geologic Gem | WisContext

In 2011, this fascinating geology collided with environmental concerns and renewed a statewide debate over mining. A company called Gogebic Taconite began seeking approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to open a new iron ore mine in the Penokees. After a long and politically contentious process that saw the …

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Gold – WGNHS – UW–Madison

Gold is usually found in hydrothermal deposits where it forms at a wide range of temperatures and geological settings. Gold may form in exhalative deposits formed on the sea floor associated with Archean basaltic sequences known as greenstone belts. It may form in veins associated with large granite intrusions associated with mountain building. …

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Potential Metallic Mining Development in Northern …

The potential and pace for metal mining in northern Wisconsin is affected by the geology of the region, by the prices for metals on national and international commodities …

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EPA says PolyMet's copper-nickel mine in …

Toronto-based PolyMet Mining said it disagrees with the EPA's new conclusion. EPA says PolyMet's copper-nickel mine in Minnesota may affect Wisconsin's, Fond du Lac's water quality ...

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Wisconsin Sand and Gravel Mining: From Nineteenth …

in 1886, produced 44.7 million tons of iron ore. Despite these successes, both mines ceased opera-tions in the 1960s.6 Furthermore, Michigan cities ... mining in Wisconsin is an historic, versatile, and lucrative business that helped to build the state's early roads, contribute materials to several indus- ...

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Minerals of the Lynne Deposit, Oneida County, Wisconsin

ore minerals will wind up in the smelter. I hope, however, that Noranda, in conjunction with the scientific and collector communities, will see to it that specimens of the unique and beautiful minerals from Lynne will be preserved to record this part of Wisconsin's mineral heritage. -Dr. Bill Cordua, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

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Mining

The Wisconsin Legislature significantly altered the state's mining laws in both 2017 and 2013. In a headlong rush to speed up the mining of low-grade iron ore (taconite) in northern Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Legislature rewrote the state's metallic mining laws in …

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Gogebic Taconite, LLC: former mining project

The deposit contains 20-30% iron in the form of magnetite. Because the iron ore is of lower grade than the natural hematitic ores mined previously in northern Wisconsin, the ore must be concentrated and processed into taconite pellets prior to shipping to a steel mill. Gogebic Taconite: withdrawal

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AN OVERVIEW OF MINING WASTE MANAGEMENT …

lead and copper ore bodies in Canada in areas with geologic similarities to northern Wisconsin. Those discoveries and the advancement of airborne geophysical technology led to increased exploration activity in northern Wisconsin with the focus being deposits of base metals, such as zinc, copper and lead.

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Iron Mining Controversy in Northern Wisconsin | KQED

Nestled among the trees, streams and undeveloped land in Northern Wisconsin rests an environmental, societal and political challenge. The pristine area, with its proximity to Lake Superior, the largest fresh-water lake in the world, is why its residents choose to live there, but the area is also home to 25 percent of the country's iron ore …

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Mining company closing office in northern Wisconsin

MADISON — The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday it was closing its office in Hurley, saying future investment was "unfeasible at this time," a move ...

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Gold – WGNHS – UW–Madison

Gold is usually found in hydrothermal deposits where it forms at a wide range of temperatures and geological settings. Gold may form in exhalative deposits formed on the sea floor associated with Archean basaltic …

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Mining – Iron County Economic Development

Iron Ore Mining. From these early beginnings of our state's history, mining has continued to evolve and adapt with the people and technologies of the time. No more prevalent is the mining culture and history than it is in northern Wisconsin, especially surrounding one of the best and most defined iron deposits in North America, the Gogebic Range.

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Mining In Wisconsin | The Diggings™

Wisconsin has 1,148 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Wisconsin mines are Lead, Zinc, and Copper .At the time these mines were surveyed, 127 mines in Wisconsin were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine. 1 …

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Mines | Wisconsin DNR

Mining in Wisconsin. Local governments have primary responsibility for regulating nonmetallic mines, but the DNR provides oversight for local reclamation programs and ensures that quarries, gravel pits and other operations meet state reclamation requirements. Nonmetallic mining operations must also get DNR water permits, and some need air …

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US Midwest poised for a copper and iron ore mining rebirth

Mining for iron ore and copper in the US Upper Midwest is expected to stage a major comeback, as demand for both commodities locally and from foreign markets such as China continues to rise.

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Past and potential ferrous (iron) mining projects in Wisconsin

PAST AND POTENTIAL FERROUS (IRON) MINING PROJECTS IN WISCONSIN. Click on the tabs below for short descriptions of iron deposits in Wisconsin that are currently …

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Maps showing potential for soil contamination issued for Wisconsin…

Maps showing the aftermath of lead and zinc mining in Southwest Wisconsin became available in early October. The maps build on digitized information about mine shafts, open-pit mines, smelters, abandoned rail lines and other features from the 150-year history of mining for lead and zinc in Green, Lafayette, Grant and Iowa counties.

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Protecting northern waters from sulfide mining

Here are the current threats and common myths of mining in the northern Midwest. ... The top sulfide ore mining projects that threaten Wisconsin's water are focused on for-profit gold mining, plain and simple; they are not critical mineral projects.Wisconsin is a water state, and our clean water is more valuable than trace …

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History | Pattison State Park | Wisconsin DNR

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster Street PO Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921

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From Boom to Bust: John E. Burton And the Northern …

Iron ore is a main component of steel, which built transportation systems, cities, and even empires. This paper studies one man, John E. Burton, who was involved in the Gogebic Range in northern Wisconsin. This writing argues that this man was a major influence in bringing investors, tourists, and money to northern Wisconsin.

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Iron Mining in Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

Iron Mining in Wisconsin. Wayside, Tourist Info Center, Hwy. 51, 1 mi. N of Hurley, Iron County. Although iron mining in Wisconsin had its beginnings in Sauk, Dodge and Jackson counties in the southern part of the state in the 1850s, discoveries of vast new deposits shifted the focus to northern Wisconsin in 1880.

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Michigan aims to tackle clean energy goals in Upper Peninsula

It was proposed by Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corp., a U.P.-based subsidiary of the Wisconsin utility WEC Energy Group. The plants are in Baraga and …

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Cumulative Impacts of Metallic Mining Development in …

Mining Information Sheet Prepared by: Department of Natural Resources Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 Revised: April 1997 Cumulative Impacts of Metallic Mining Development in Northern Wisconsin Introduction It has been suggested that the Department of Natural Resources prepare an environmental impact

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The Penokees Are A Geologic Gem | WisContext

In 2011, this fascinating geology collided with environmental concerns and renewed a statewide debate over mining. A company called Gogebic Taconite began seeking approval from the Wisconsin Department of …

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EPA says PolyMet's copper-nickel mine in Minnesota may affect Wisconsin

Toronto-based PolyMet Mining said it disagrees with the EPA's new conclusion. EPA says PolyMet's copper-nickel mine in Minnesota may affect Wisconsin's, Fond du Lac's water quality ...

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Mining in Wisconsin – WGNHS – UW–Madison

Background on metallic mining regulations and resources. Overview of metallic mineral regulation in Wisconsin, third edition (Special Report 13), 2004, Thomas J. Evans; Mineral and water resources of Wisconsin, 1976, prepared by the US Geological Survey in collaboration with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; Iron mining in …

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Recent Updates to Wisconsin's Mining Law Have Taken Effect

Beginning on July 1st, 2018, significant changes went into effect regarding nonferrous metallic mining in Wisconsin. These changes, part of 2017 Wisconsin Act 134 (the Act), once again open Wisconsin to mining minerals other than iron, such as copper, gold, silver, and zinc, to name a few.

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Mining – Iron County Economic Development

The Gogebic iron range extends from the west shore of Lake Gogebic in the upper peninsula of Michigan for approximately 80 miles westward into northern Wisconsin. It is …

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