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The Minnesota regional copper-nickel study, 1976-1979

Publisher: Minnesota Environmental Quality Board

Volume 5 - Human Environment

Chapter 17 - State Mineral Policy and Copper-Nickel Mining Profitability
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap17.pdf
Chapter 16 - Local Economic Analysis: A Case Study of Ely, MN
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap16.pdf
Chapter 15 - Regional Economic Impacts
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap15.pdf
Chapter 14 - Characteristics of the Mineral Industry: Copper, Nickel and Cobalt
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap14.pdf
Chapter 13 - Community Government Service Cost and Revenue Projections
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap13.pdf
Chapter 12 - Government Taxes and Aids/Revenue
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap12.pdf
Chapter 11 - Regional Energy Systems and Potential Copper-Nickel Development Impacts
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap11.pdf
Chapter 10 - Natural, Scientific and Historical Areas
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap10.pdf
Chapter 9 - Outdoor Recreation
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap9.pdf
Chapter 8 - Transportation
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap8.pdf
Chapter 7 - Residential Settelement Patterns
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap7.pdf
Chapter 6 - Forest Lands and the Forest Products Industry
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap6.pdf
Chapter 5 - Mine Lands
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap5.pdf
Chapter 4 - Lands and Minerals Ownership
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap4.pdf
Chapter 3 - Land use - Land Cover Overview
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap3.pdf
Chapter 2 - Public Health
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap2.pdf
Chapter 1 - Human Populations
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792681/vol5chap1.pdf

Volume 4 - Biological Environment

Chapter 2 - Terrestrial Ecosystems
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792680/vol4chap2.pdf
Chapter 1 - Aquatic Biology Resources
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792680/vol4chap1.pdf

Volume 3 - Physical Environment

Chapter 5 - Noise in the Environment
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792679/vol3chap5.pdf
Chapter 4 - Water Resources
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792679/vol3chap4.pdf
Chapter 3 - Air Resources
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792679/vol3chap3.pdf
Chapter 2 - Mineral Resource Potential
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792679/vol3chap2.pdf
Chapter 1 - Geology and Mineralogy
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792679/vol3chap1.pdf

Volume 2 - Technical Assessment

Chapter 5 - Integrated Development Models
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap5.pdf
Chapter 4 - Smelting and Refining
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap4.pdf
Chapter 3 - Mineral Processing
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap3.pdf
Chapter 2, Section 2.9 - Mineral Extraction (Mining) Reclamation
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap2sec2.9.pdf
Chapter 2 - Mineral Extraction (Mining)
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap2.pdf
Chapter 1 - Exploration
https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792678/vol2chap1.pdf

Volume 1 - Executive Summary

https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/792632.pdf

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