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Until 2016, Cleveland-Cliffs’ Empire and Tilden mines continued to produce iron ore from the
Marquette Range. However, the Empire Mine officially ceased production on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 and was placed in an indefinite idle state. Cleveland-Cliffs ships Tilden ore by a wholly owned short-line
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basin that are in active production as of 2018. The iron ore of the
Marquette Range has been mined continuously from 1847 until the present day. Marquette Iron Range is the deposit's popular and commercial name; it is also known to geologists as the
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produced skewed results because of the concentration of iron in the land they were surveying. Mining began in 1847. At first, the
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The
Marquette Iron Range was designated as a Michigan registered historic site in 1957, listed as S-0035. The
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Negaunee each celebrate the history of the iron ore deposit and its miners. A 47-mile-long (76 km)
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developed as a result of mining this deposit. A smaller counterpart of
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Marquette Iron Range was discovered in 1844 by a party of
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acquired a controlling influence on the range by 1890.
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