Mines in Lake County, Minnesota

Lake County, Minnesota has 32 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 20 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 14 sites.

Mine	Operator	Commodity	Type	Status
Northshore Mining Company	Northshore Mining Company	Iron Ore	Facility	Active
Mesabi Black	Cold Spring Granite Company	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active
L-231	Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active
American John Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Big Noise Pit No 1	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Big Noise Pit No 2	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Clark Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Cramer Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Drummond Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
E.w. Davis Works	—	Iron	Processing Plant	Producer
Fall Lake Township Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Gooseberry Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Johnson Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Lake County Highway Dept Pit	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer
Lauren Pit and Mill	—	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer