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Taconite (/ ˈ t æ k ə n aɪ t / TAK-ə-nyte) [4] is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 651 at the 2020 census. [5] U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main route in the community.
It is home to U.S. Steel's KeeTac taconite mining and processing plant. Kinney (pop. 169) is an old mining boomtown on the Iron Range, between Buhl and Mountain Iron. Mountain Iron (pop. 2,869) is home to Minntac, the world's largest taconite processing plant. Nashwauk (pop. 983) is a small town between Grand Rapids and Hibbing, 4 miles from ...
Silver Bay's taconite ponds, 2010. United States of America v. Reserve Mining Company, 408 F. Supp. 1212 (D. Minn. 1976), was a United States District Court for the District of Minnesota case that determined the Reserve Mining Company was responsible for amphibole asbestos fibers found in the public drinking water of Duluth, Minnesota and other North Shore (Minnesota) communities.
The Minnesota Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation (IRRRB) is an economic development agency of the State of Minnesota, designed to advance growth on Minnesota's Iron Range. Founded in 1941, the board is tasked with using proceeds from taconite mining to spur broader development in the region. [ 1 ]
Taconite (/ ˈ t æ k ən aɪ t /) is a variety of banded iron formation, an iron-bearing (over 15% iron) sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate.
Taconite Harbor is an unincorporated community in Schroeder Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior . Taconite Harbor is located 33 miles southwest of the city of Grand Marais ; and 51 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors .
Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a white Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, a Black motorist, as Cobb tried to pull away from a traffic stop ...