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Division of Lands & Minerals

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  • For kids - Digging into MN Minerals
  • Geology recreation
  • Land sale
  • Metallic minerals lease sale
  • Mineland reclamation
  • Monthly data releases
  • Nonferrous metallic minerals
  • Preference rights leases
  • Public access to minerals data: 100 years of data
  • Publications
  • Regional Operations

Frequently asked questions

Find answers to your questions about geology, minerals and lands in Minnesota through the links below or contact DNR Lands and Minerals.

  • Recreational geology
  • Land sales (DNR selling land)
  • Aquisitions (DNR buying land)
  • Leases
  • Utility line crossing licenses
  • Road crossing easements
  • Mineral leasing, exploration, and development
  • Mineral ownership
  • Mining and mineral resources in Minnesota
  • Publications and educational resources
  • Industrial silica sand

2001 Boundary Waters state lands inventory




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