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Iron Range Mineral Map

Public USGS and Minnesota DNR records in layers: mineral sites colored by main commodity, bedrock geology, samples, drill holes, state leases and old exploration reports. These are known occurrences, mines and prospects from public records, not deposits, resources or new finds.

Status Name Only sites listing two or more critical metals

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Mineral sites (USGS MRDS) Bedrock geology (USGS SGMC) Rock samples (USGS NGDB) Soil and sediment samples (USGS NGDB) Mine features on old topo maps (USGS USMIN) Drill holes in DNR core library Active state mineral leases (DNR) Old exploration report areas (DNR Minarchive) DNR mineral potential projects since 1976 Lithium in rock samples (USGS NGDB) Helium: Topaz project area, approximate1 Boundary Waters wilderness (DNR)1

Sample layers show where USGS collected and analyzed material. They mark data coverage, not results. Drill holes, leases, report areas and DNR projects are from Minnesota DNR via the Minnesota Geospatial Commons.

Lithium and helium

Lithium: no USGS mineral site here lists lithium. Of 913 USGS rock samples in the area, 228 were tested for lithium: 205 were below the lab's detection limit and 23 had a measured value, from 9 to 340 ppm. The highest, 340 ppm, is a schist sample collected in 1979 at the south edge of the area. Measured results are split across many rock types and methods, so no rock group has the 20 results the anomaly flag rule needs. No flag is issued.

Helium: the USGS mineral database does not cover gas. Pulsar Helium's Topaz project is in Lake County near Babbitt, with core holes drilled October 2025 to March 2026 and two production ready wells reported (Crux Investor, 2026-06-02; WDIO, 2025-04-23). Exact well locations were not published in these sources, so the circle is approximate.

By main commodity

How to read it

Color is the first critical metal listed for a site, in the order platinum group metals, nickel, cobalt, copper, titanium, gold, then iron. Manganese is listed only together with iron here, so those sites show as iron. A dark ring marks a site that lists two or more critical metals together.

Click a point for its record and a link to the USGS page.

Exploration and scientific drill holes by decade

Who drilled them, top 10

Active state mineral lease acres by holder, top 10

Sources: Minnesota Geospatial Commons (DNR drill core library holes, active state mineral leases, Minarchive exploration areas, DNR mineral potential projects; downloaded 2026-11-02), USGS Mineral Resources Data System, USGS State Geologic Map Compilation, USGS National Geochemical Database and USGS USMIN, all downloaded 2026-11-02 for the area 46.3° to 48.3° N, 89.5° to 93.6° W; Minnesota records only. County outlines: US Census Bureau via us-atlas.

Records were entered over many decades; locations and status can be out of date. No data in a place means no record, not no mineral. This map makes no claim about grade, size or value.