Presentations and handouts from the
2024 MMEW short courses can be downloaded
from links on the short course schedule below.

• Cretaceous Systems of Minnesota

• History of the Iron Range

• Aggregate Resources & School Trust Lands

• Mineral Histories & Identification

  1. 1. Becoming a Rockhound

     2. Minnesota Geology Map

     3. Minnesota Geology Overview

     4. Supplies

• A Tale of Two BIFs: An exploration of MN's two types of iron formations and what they tell us about early Earth

  1. 1. A Tale of Two BIFs - Presentation

     2. Activity Instructions - What can old iron-rich rocks tells us about ancient oceans?

     3. Background for Activity

     4. Activity Dataset

• Stranger in a Strange Land: The Immigrant Experience on the Iron Range

• Mine Permitting 101

• DNR Hibbing Research Site - Lands and Minerals Environmental Research Program