The following is an incomplete list of iron mines in the United States. For more information, see Iron mining in the United States.
Active mines Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine in Hibbing in St. Louis County, Minnesota (taconite) Keetac Mine near Keewatin in Itasca County, Minnesota (taconite) Minntac Mine near the city of Mountain Iron in St. Louis County, Minnesota (taconite)
Inactive mines Cliffs Shaft Mine in Ishpeming in Marquette County, Michigan (mining ended 1967, museum opened 1999) Hibernia mines in and around Rockaway Township in Morris County, New Jersey (mining ceased 1916, closed by 1989) Iron Mountain District near Cedar City in Iron County, Utah (inactive, still maintained) Iron Mountain Mine, aka Richmond Mine at Iron Mountain near Redding in Shasta County, California (mining ceased 1963, a federal Superfund site since 1983) Jackson Mine in Negaunee in Marquette County, Michigan (closed 1924) Minorca Mine along with Elba and Corsica mines, in the ghost town of Elcor near Gilbert in St. Louis County, Minnesota (closed 1954) Milford Mine in Wolford Township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota (site of Milford Mine Disaster in 1924, closed 1932) Mountain Iron Mine in the city of Mountain Iron in St. Louis County, Minnesota (mining ceased 1956) Pioneer Mine in Ely in St. Louis County, Minnesota (closed 1967) Pyne Mine near Bessemer in Jefferson County, Alabama (closed 1971) Rouchleau Mine bordering Virginia in St. Louis County, Minnesota (mining ended 1977, now a water source for Virginia, MN) Sloss Mines in southwestern Jefferson County, Alabama (active until 1960s, currently a recreational park) Soudan Underground Mine on the south shore of Lake Vermilion in Breitung Township in St. Louis County, Minnesota (active until 1962, now a state and recreational park) Wenonah, Alabama, site of multiple mining camps on the Red Mountain ridge south of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, the last closed in 1971.
See also Iron mining in the United States
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