MINING

See also AGGLOMERATING FACILITIES TAXES; PROSPECTING

Accidents

Employers' liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.08

Reportable accidents, definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.015

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.11

Advertising, Minn. Rules 6130.4900, 6130.5100, 6130.5700

Aggregate material, extraction sites, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.75

Appeals, final decisions, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.50

Applications, permits, Minn. Rules 6130.4200, 6130.4300

Assets, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.01

Assignments, permits, Minn. Rules 6130.5500

Beryllium, national emission standards, Minn. Rules 7011.9940

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), performance bonds, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minn. Statutes 2022 84.523

Brass, see BRASS

Bronze, air pollution, Minn. Rules 7011.1900 to 7011.1920

Calciners and dryers, performance standards, Minn. Rules 7011.3470

Child labor, prohibition, Minn. Rules 5200.0910

Chromium, see CHROMIUM

Commencement of proceedings, revocation of permit, Minn. Rules 6130.5200

Conditional variances, Minn. Rules 6130.5800

Dams, generally, Minn. Rules 6115.0300 to 6115.0520

Data, drill core library access, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.61

Deactivation

Goals and requirements, Minn. Rules 6130.4100

Plan, Minn. Rules 6130.4600

Release of permittee, Minn. Rules 6130.5400

Request for release, Minn. Rules 6130.4700

Definitions

Excavation, mineral extraction excluded, Minn. Statutes 2022 216D.01

Land reclamation, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46

Mine inspectors, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.015

Minnesota family investment program (MFIP), Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.08

Net proceeds taxes (mining), Minn. Statutes 2022 298.016

Personal property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.03

Tax administration, Minn. Statutes 2022 289A.02

Development, taconite economic development fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.227

Dredges and dredging, see DREDGES

Drill core library, access, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.61

Easements, permits required, Minn. Statutes 2022 117.47, 2022 117.471

Electricity, annual consumption forecast, Minn. Rules 7849.0270

Employees

Daily wage, determining, workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2022 176.011

Health, monitoring, taconite area environmental protection fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.223

Workers' compensation, see WORKERS COMPENSATION

Environmental assessment worksheets, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4300

Environmental impact statements, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4400

Environmental review, exemptions, Minn. Rules 4410.4600

Equipment, see Machinery and equipment under this topic

Erosion

Barriers, Minn. Rules 6130.1500

Sloping and landform design, Minn. Rules 6130.2000

Special treatment of stockpiles with rapidly decomposing materials, Minn. Rules 6130.2600

Vegetation, goals of vegetation, Minn. Rules 6130.3500

Exploratory boring, see EXPLORATORY BORING

Exploratory borings, see EXPLORATORY BORING

Facilities, acquisition

Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, spending priority, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.22

Taconite economic development fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.227

Fines, Minn. Rules 6130.6100

Floodplains, permitted uses, Minn. Rules 6120.5800

Gravel pits, Minn. Statutes 2022 222.27

Gravel, Minn. Rules 6125.6000 to 6125.7100

Gross proceeds, computation, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.016

Hearings

Procedures, Minn. Rules 6130.5600

Variances, application, Minn. Rules 6130.4900

Historic sites and places, Minn. Statutes 2022 138.662, 2022 138.664

Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine, historic place, Minn. Statutes 2022 138.664

Income or gains not subject to state franchise tax, corporations, subtractions from income, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.0134

Industrial development projects, see Projects under INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

Industrial minerals, Minn. Rules 6125.8000 to 6125.8700

Industrial production, mining defined as, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Inspection, Minn. Rules 6130.6300

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03, 2022 180.05, 2022 180.07

Iron mining, see IRON MINING

Iron, see IRON

Lawsuits, see Part owners of mineral land under this topic

Lead, see LEAD (MINERAL)

Lean ore stockpile removal, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46, 2022 93.481

Liability

Accidents, employers' liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.04

Owners, mining costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.04

Water-filled pits, user liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 604A.24

Liens, performance bonds, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Machinery and equipment

Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.22, 2022 298.227

Defined as heavy equipment, Minn. Statutes 2022 325E.068

Property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02

Real property, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.03

Sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Tools, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02, 2022 272.03

Mercury, see MERCURY

Metallic minerals, Minn. Rules 6125.0100 to 6125.0620

Mine development data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.605

Mine operators

Bond or other financial assurance, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481, 2022 93.49

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46

Petitions by, tax classification of iron-bearing formations, Minn. Statutes 2022 273.16

Plan maps, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.47

Mine owners

Iron mines, discontinuing operations, conditions, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.003

Liability, mining by part owners, costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.04

Maintenance and maintenance plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.003

Part owners of mineral land, see same under this topic

Petitions by, tax classification of iron-bearing formations, Minn. Statutes 2022 273.16

Water-filled mine pits, liability to user, Minn. Statutes 2022 604A.24

Mineland reclamation

Contested cases, petition, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.483

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46

Liability insurance, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481

Mine safety devices, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03

Natural Resources Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.45, 2022 93.47 to 2022 93.51

Peat lands, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.461

Plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481, 2022 103G.222

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.44

Scram mining, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46

Taconite relief areas, taconite area environmental protection fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.223

Mineral deposit evaluation data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.605

Mineral land reclamation, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.482

Miners, see MECHANICS AND MATERIAL SUPPLIERS LIENS

Mines

Abandoned mines

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03

Liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 466.03, 2022 604A.24

Underground space, see MINED UNDERGROUND SPACE

Water-filled mines, Minn. Statutes 2022 466.03, 2022 604A.24

Condemnation, unsafe places, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03

Defined as real property, Minn. Statutes 2022 256J.08, 2022 272.03

Employees, orders to cease, unsafe conditions, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03, 2022 180.04

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03

Fences, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03, 2022 180.10

Historic sites and places, Minn. Statutes 2022 138.662, 2022 138.664

Idle mines, safety devices, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03

Inspections, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03, 2022 180.05, 2022 180.07

Liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.04, 2022 466.03, 2022 604A.24

Operators, see Mine operators under this topic

Owners, see Mine owners under this topic

Percentage depletions, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.0135, 2022 290.091

Property taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02, 2022 272.03

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.11

Safety devices, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.03, 2022 180.10

Sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.71

Trespass, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.605

Violations and penalties, see same under this topic

Mining companies

Assets, basis of property, federal and state income taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.0135

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 300.65

Income taxes, see Mining companies under INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAXES

Losses not subject to state income tax, income, additions, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.0133

Matching funds, acquisition of equipment and facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.227

Net income, nondeductible items, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.10

Occupation tax returns, filing extension, Minn. Statutes 2022 289A.19

Tax liability, income taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 289A.31

Taxable net income, alternative allocation methods, exception, Minn. Statutes 2022 290.20

Mining cooperatives, see COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS

Mississippi River corridor critical area, Minn. Rules 6106.0110

Mountain Iron Mine, historic place, Minn. Statutes 2022 138.664

Net proceeds, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02, 2022 298.015

Nonferrous metallic mineral mining, Minn. Rules 6132.0100 to 6132.5300

Nonferrous metallic minerals, permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.482

Nonferrous mining, property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02

Notice, sales, permits or leases, EQB Monitor publication, Minn. Rules 4410.5200

Occupation taxes, see OCCUPATION TAXES

Operating plans, Minn. Rules 6130.4400

Part owners of mineral land

Lawsuits to mine land, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.01 to 2022 560.03

Less than half-interest owners, rights, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.07

Mining under court order, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.04 to 2022 560.09

Surface use, Minn. Statutes 2022 560.05

Peat, see Mining under PEAT

Peatland scientific and natural areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 84.035

Penalties, Minn. Rules 6130.6100

Performance bonds, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Permits

Administration, costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.50

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481, 2022 103I.605

Contested cases, petition, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.483

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481, 2022 93.482

Natural Resources Department, permits necessary for easements, Minn. Statutes 2022 117.47, 2022 117.471

Requirement, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.481

Silica sand projects, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.217

State mineral lands, see Permits under MINERAL LANDS

Water use permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.297

Wetland replacement, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.222

Permits

Amendments, Minn. Rules 6130.5000

Applications, Minn. Rules 6130.4300

Assignments, Minn. Rules 6130.5500

Avoidance areas, Minn. Rules 6130.1300

Cancellation, Minn. Rules 6130.5100

Deactivation, Minn. Rules 6130.5400

Hearings, Minn. Rules 6130.4800

Metallic minerals, Minn. Rules 6130.4200

Modification, Minn. Rules 6130.5200

Performance bonds, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Procedure for obtaining permit to mine, Minn. Rules 6130.4800

Public waters, Minn. Rules 6115.0280

Revocation, Minn. Rules 6130.5200, 6130.5900

Suspension, Minn. Rules 6130.5300, 6130.6200

Term, Minn. Rules 6130.0300

Variances, application, Minn. Rules 6130.4900

Policy of state

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.001

Mineland reclamation, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.44

Pollution

Barriers, Minn. Rules 6130.1500

Deactivation, Minn. Rules 6130.4100

In-mine disposal of waste, Minn. Rules 6130.1400

Property, sale or acquisition, counties, powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 373.01

Prospecting leases, auctions, Minn. Rules 6125.0500

Publications, advertisements, Minn. Rules 6130.5700

Railroads, see RAILROADS

Reclamation, see Mineland reclamation under this topic

Reclamation

Annual report, Minn. Rules 6130.4500

Deactivation, Minn. Rules 6130.4100, 6130.4600

Definitions, Minn. Rules 6130.0100

In-mine disposal of waste, Minn. Rules 6130.1400

Performance bonds, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Permits, applications, Minn. Rules 6130.4200

Public policy, Minn. Rules 6130.0200

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 6130.0200

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 6130.0300

Severability of rules, Minn. Rules 6130.0400

Sloping and landform design, Minn. Rules 6130.2000

Release

Duties on deactivation on mine, Minn. Rules 6130.5400

Goals and requirements, Minn. Rules 6130.4100

Request, Minn. Rules 6130.4700

Reports about, mine inspectors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.11

Reports, annual report, Minn. Rules 6130.4500

Research, taconite economic development fund, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 298.227

Sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Rules 8130.5500

Sand, Minn. Rules 6125.6000 to 6125.7100

Scram mining, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46, 2022 93.482

Second and subsequent offenses, fines, Minn. Rules 6130.6100

Security deposits, Minn. Rules 6130.6000

Silica sand projects, see SILICA SAND MINING

Solid waste disposal, exemption from rules, Minn. Rules 7035.2525

Soudan Mine

Historic place, Minn. Statutes 2022 138.664

Hoist system, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2022 85.0506

State park, Minn. Statutes 2022 85.012, 2022 85.054, 2022 477A.17

State lands, see MINERAL LANDS

Steel, see STEEL

Taconite mining, see TACONITE MINING

Taconite, see TACONITE

Tailings, deposits

Scram mining, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.46

State land, leases, Minn. Statutes 2022 92.50

Tax-forfeited lands

Leases, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.43, 2022 282.01, 2022 282.04

Waste products, depositing on, Minn. Statutes 2022 282.04

Taxes, see OCCUPATION TAXES

Tools

Personal property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02

Real property, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.03

Trespass, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.605

Variances from rules, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.48

Variances

Application, Minn. Rules 6130.4900

Granting, Minn. Rules 6130.5800

Vegetation

Air pollution, Minn. Rules 6130.3700

Barriers, Minn. Rules 6130.1500

Deactivation, request for release, Minn. Rules 6130.4700

Location, Minn. Rules 6130.3600

Permits, applications, Minn. Rules 6130.4300

Rock, lean ore and coarse tailings stockpiles, standards, Minn. Rules 6130.2400

Sloping and landform design, Minn. Rules 6130.2000

Special treatment of stockpiles with rapidly decomposing materials, Minn. Rules 6130.2600

Violations and penalties

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.51

Mines, Minn. Statutes 2022 180.10, 2022 180.12

Mining companies, shares or securities, fraudulent issuance or sale, Minn. Statutes 2022 300.65

Public waters, unauthorized mining under, Minn. Statutes 2022 93.34

Waste products, depositing on tax-forfeited lands, leases, permits, or licenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 282.04

Water appropriation and impoundments

Conditions, Minn. Rules 6115.0720

Field investigations, Minn. Rules 6115.0790

Permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0610, 6115.0670

Temporary permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Termination of permits, Minn. Rules 6115.0750

Water softeners, sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.9000

Waters (geographical features), see WATERS (GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES)

Wells and borings, Minn. Statutes 2022 103I.113

Wetland replacement, Minn. Statutes 2022 103G.222

Wetlands

Impacts on, from mining activities, Minn. Rules 8420.0930

Mining in, Natural Resources Department, approval authority, Minn. Rules 8420.0200

Wilderness areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 86A.05

Workplace accident and injury reduction, employers, duties, Minn. Rules 5208.1500