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Interactive map: Frac sand facilities in Minnesota, Wisconsin

Minnesota and Wisconsin are four years into a sand mining boom. This map shows facilities that involve the mining, processing or transportation of frac sand. Sites that have permits to do such work and ones that are proposed are shown.

Star Tribune

July 15, 2013 — 7:34am

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