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Article: The Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin.
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- Rocks & Minerals
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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A Case Study of Consensus Building in One Community
The mineral-collecting community has become acquainted with the Flambeau mine, a copper mine in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, through the crystallized chalcocite specimens that have appeared from that locality over the past three years. The fact that these rare and beautiful specimens were preserved during the process of ore-mineral extraction is due to decisions made by management at the Flambeau mine, and supported by commitments from its parent companies, Kennecott Minerals Company and Rio Tinto (RT, formerly RTZ). However, this decision to allow preservation of natural history was only a part of a series of ...
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