Marquette Iron Range

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The Marquette Iron Range is a major iron ore mining district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that historically served as one of the United States' most important sources of iron.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf iron ore mining district
iron range
connectedTo Lake Superior shipping routes
continent North America
country United States
discoveredBy William Austin Burt
discoveryYear 1844
economicActivity open-pit iron mining
taconite processing
underground iron mining
geologicalEra Precambrian
geologicalFormation Negaunee Iron Formation
hasHeritageSite Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum
Michigan Iron Industry Museum
hasMine Cliffs Shaft Mine
Empire Mine
Jackson Mine
Tilden Mine
hasTransportInfrastructure Chicago and North Western Railway
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
historicalSignificance important supplier of iron ore for U.S. industrialization
one of the earliest major iron ore producing regions in the United States
significant source of iron ore for steel production in the Great Lakes region
influencedDevelopmentOf Marquette County, Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan economy
locatedIn Upper Peninsula of Michigan
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Baraga County, Michigan
Gogebic County, Michigan
Iron County, Michigan
Marquette County, Michigan
locatedInTimeZone UTC−04:00
UTC−05:00
majorProduct iron ore
namedAfter Jacques Marquette
Marquette, Michigan
nearbyCity Ishpeming, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
Negaunee, Michigan
Republic, Michigan
operator Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
oreType hematite
magnetite
taconite
partOf Lake Superior iron ranges
primaryResource iron
regionType mining region
startOfCommercialShipping 1850s
startOfMiningActivity 1840s

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Ishpeming, Michigan partOf Marquette Iron Range
Ishpeming, Michigan locatedOn Marquette Iron Range
Big Bay, Michigan locatedInRegion Marquette Iron Range area
linked to: Marquette Iron Range
Negaunee, Michigan partOf Marquette Iron Range
Lower Harbor Ore Dock isPartOf Marquette mining and shipping district
linked to: Marquette Iron Range
Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum regionServed Marquette Iron Range
Ishpeming, Michigan partOf Marquette Iron Range
Republic Mine pit lake region Marquette Iron Range
Champion Mine partOf Marquette Iron Range
Lake Superior iron ranges majorComponent Marquette Iron Range