Mining created these Lake Superior black sand beaches. One’s a tourist destination, the other a Superfund site.
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Mining operations left behind uniquely colored beaches in Minnesota and Michigan, but the materials are different. Minnesota’s Black Beach in Silver Bay contains stamp sands from taconite tailings and is […]
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