Rouchleau Mine
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The Rouchleau Mine is an abandoned open-pit mine within the Mesabi Iron Range at Virginia, Minnesota, United States. The mine, located on the east side of the city, is roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) long and .5 miles (0.80 km) wide; its deepest point is 450 feet (140 m) below its surface, making it one of the deepest mines in the range. Named for Louis Rouchleau, who explored the area for its mining potential, the mine was initially created as a shaft mine. It was converted to a pit mine by the 1930s due to improvements in open-pit mining technology and increasingly unstable terrain which made shaft mining unsafe.
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Location: 47.5116, -92.5221, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
2 places
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Rouchleau Mine ⓘ
mine in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States of America -
Mountain Iron Mine ⓘ
mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota
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A former iron mine near Virginia, Minnesota, that has filled with water since ceasing operations.| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | mine | Rouchleau Mine | iron mine, mine | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | 1892 | Mountain Iron Mine | iron mine | Wikidata |
| commons | image | A former iron mine near Virginia, Minnesota, that has filled with water since ceasing operations. | Commons | ||
