'Marquette range' in United States of America is famous for which mineral?

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Correct — D, Iron ore. The Marquette Range lies in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and is one of the principal iron-ore ranges of the Lake Superior district (alongside the Mesabi, Menominee, Gogebic and Vermilion ranges) that made the United States a leading iron and steel producer through the 19th and 20th centuries.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) US uranium production is centred on the Colorado Plateau (Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico) and Wyoming's basins, not the Marquette Range.  (b) Michigan does have a famous copper belt — the Keweenaw Peninsula, 'Copper Country' — but that is a separate range from Marquette, which is known for iron, not copper.  (c) Not the mineral associated with the Marquette Range; the USA's major zinc districts lie elsewhere (e.g., the historic Tri-State district).

Concept: The Lake Superior region of the northern United States hosts a cluster of iron-ore ranges — Mesabi, Marquette, Menominee, Gogebic and Vermilion — formed from ancient Precambrian banded iron formations. Together they made the US a top iron-ore and steel producer, feeding steel centres such as Pittsburgh via Great Lakes shipping.

State PCS 2021 Q47 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q47 — Geography PYQ with Answer