Mines in Minnesota

3,294Total

1,015Active

18Gold

0Coal

2,373Surface

90Underground

Map

Counties

St. Louis County765 mines123 active Itasca County323 mines55 active Crow Wing County232 mines11 active Clay County111 mines69 active Fillmore County107 mines38 active St Louis County92 mines12 active Stearns County62 mines18 active Carlton County56 mines30 active Blue Earth County49 mines13 active Hennepin County47 mines27 active Goodhue County46 mines33 active Dakota County45 mines15 active Kandiyohi County45 mines20 active Olmsted County45 mines19 active Beltrami County42 mines11 active Douglas County42 mines6 active Cook County39 mines1 active Washington County39 mines26 active Benton County38 mines2 active Wright County37 mines12 active Winona County36 mines25 active Morrison County33 mines10 active Lake County32 mines20 active Brown County31 mines10 active Le Sueur County30 mines19 active Murray County30 mines20 active Polk County30 mines14 active Sherburne County30 mines19 active Rice County29 mines18 active Aitkin County28 mines3 active Houston County28 mines17 active Otter Tail County26 mines11 active Steele County26 mines5 active Todd County26 mines10 active Becker County25 mines4 active Koochiching County25 mines15 active Scott County25 mines14 active Cass County22 mines5 active Marshall County22 mines11 active Wabasha County22 mines14 active Freeborn County21 mines17 active Clearwater County18 mines14 active Mower County18 mines13 active Roseau County18 mines12 active Sibley County18 mines1 active Lyon County17 mines2 active Mille Lacs County17 mines6 active Pope County16 mines3 active Hubbard County15 mines6 active Redwood County14 mines7 active Renville County14 mines9 active Kanabec County13 mines5 active Meeker County13 mines4 active Pine County13 mines3 active Big Stone County12 mines4 active Martin County12 mines11 active Pennington County12 mines4 active Cottonwood County11 mines4 active Faribault County11 mines10 active Kittson County11 mines5 active Carver County10 mines2 active Chippewa County10 mines2 active Chisago County10 mines4 active Yellow Medicine County10 mines6 active Dodge County9 mines3 active Pipestone County9 mines3 active Rock County9 mines5 active Stevens County9 mines2 active Wadena County9 mines3 active Anoka County7 mines3 active Norman County7 mines5 active Watonwan County7 mines2 active Wilkin County6 mines5 active Lincoln County5 mines2 active Mcleod County5 mines Nicollet County5 mines3 active Nobles County5 mines1 active Swift County5 mines Lac Qui Parle County4 mines Lake Of The Woods County4 mines Lake of the Woods County4 mines2 active Mahnomen County4 mines1 active Waseca County4 mines3 active Isanti County3 mines Lac qui Parle County3 mines3 active McLeod County3 mines3 active Traverse County3 mines1 active Grant County2 mines1 active Jackson County2 mines1 active Red Lake County2 mines2 active Crow Wing, Aitkin County1 mines Crow Wing, Aitkin, Morrison County1 mines Lake, Cook County1 mines Lake, St. Louis, Cook County1 mines Ramsey County1 mines1 active Ramsey, Dakota County1 mines1 active St. Louis, Lake County1 mines

Notable Mines

Mine	County	Commodity	Type	Status
Minntac Plant	St Louis	Iron Ore	Facility	Active
Hibbing Taconite Company	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Minntac Mine	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Minorca Mine	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Northshore Mining Company	Lake	Iron Ore	Facility	Active
United Plant	St Louis	Iron Ore	Facility	Active
Northshore Mining Company	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
United - Mine	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Mesabi Metallics Company Llc	Itasca	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Kmm Burnsville Quarry	Dakota	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Ottawa Plant	Le Sueur	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active
Savage Plant	Scott	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Facility	Active
Vetter Mine	Blue Earth	Dimension Limestone	Surface	Active
Keetac	St Louis	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Plaisted Sand	Sherburne	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Amrize Elk River Plant	Sherburne	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Yellow Medicine Quarry	Yellow Medicine	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Amrize Larson Plant	Washington	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Amrize Empire Plant	Dakota	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Portable #1 (red Rock Quarry)	Cottonwood	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Amrize Nelson Plant	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Northmet	St Louis	Copper Ore NEC	Surface	Active
Fischer Sand & Aggregate	Dakota	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Charcoal #3 Quarry	Stearns	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active
Rockville #2 Quarry	Stearns	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active