Mines in Lake County, Minnesota

32Total

20Active

Lake County, Minnesota has 32 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 20 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 14 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Lake County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
L-231	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Mesabi Black	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Northshore Mining Company	Iron Ore	Facility	Active	MSHA
American John Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Big Noise Pit No 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Big Noise Pit No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Clark Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cramer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Drummond Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
E.w. Davis Works	Iron	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Fall Lake Township Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gooseberry Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lake County Highway Dept Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lauren Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Reserve Pellet Plant	Iron	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Silver Bay Plant	Iron	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Swanstroms Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thompson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Toivonen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Birch Lake Prospect	Copper	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Fox Farm Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Fraser Lake Deposit	Iron, Titanium, Metal		Unknown	MRDS
L-159	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Lake Superior Green	Dimension Granite	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Lake and Cook County Anorthosite		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Maturi Nokomis Deposit	Copper, Nickel, Palladium, Platinum		Prospect	MRDS
Mesabi Nugget, Llc	Iron Ore	Facility	Abandoned	MSHA
Section 30 Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
South Filson Creek Deposit	Nickel, Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Spruce Road Deposit	Copper, Nickel, Platinum, Palladium		Prospect	MRDS
Thomas Lake Deposit	Iron, Titanium, Metal		Unknown	MRDS