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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Taylor Pit (Producer)Black River Falls Pellet Plant (Plant)Tilden Mound Deposit + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Black River Falls + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
4 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

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Black River Falls

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Magnetite. Approx. location 44.293, -90.725. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

4
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Plant

A processing plant site.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Hematite 1Magnetite 1

Commodities

Iron 5Silica 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Black River FallsIronHematite, MagnetitePast Producer44.293, -90.725
Tilden Mound DepositIron—Past Producer44.308, -90.830
Black River Falls Pellet PlantIron—Plant44.300, -90.850
Taylor PitSilica—Producer44.358, -91.132
Tilden Mound DepositIron—Past Producer44.308, -90.830
Black River FallsIron—Past Producer44.293, -90.725

Nearby counties

Pepin County · Vernon County · Wood County · Clark County · Taylor County

Wisconsin mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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