2011 Map of Virginia

About this map

Virginia and the Mesabi Iron Range landscape appear here in the early 21st century, defined by a dense concentration of open-pit mining operations and residential clusters. The terrain is dominated by massive earthwork features such as the Minntac Tailings Basin Cell One and the high point of Lookout Mountain, while the Laurentian Divide runs through the center of the sheet, marking the continental watershed. Local life is centered around Mountain Iron, Parkville, and West Virginia, which sit in close proximity to the industrial excavations of the Mountain Iron Mine and Missabe Mountain Mine. This industrial legacy is etched into the map through dozens of named pits, including the Rouchleau Mine and Alpena Mine, illustrating how the region's geology dictated the layout of transportation corridors like Hoover Rd N and the residential grids of Franklin.