Iron Ore is a great Ore to mine because you can sell it in the Auction House for a lot of gold.  I’ve seen some people have some pretty good market dominance with Iron Ore on a few of the servers I’ve been on making it sell for as much as 30 gold a stack, more than Saronite typically does. If you are mining for gold you might have surprisingly good success with mining for Iron. If you feel like you need more tips or tricks on how to make more gold take a look at this Gold Guide. Iron Ore requires a mining skill level of 125.

For the Iron Ore routes I’ve choosen two, Desolace and Arathi Highlands.

Iron Ore in Arathi Highlands

There are 4 caves marked with V’s that you will want to really focus on while mining Iron in Arathi.  If you’re around the level of the mobs in the zone you could just grind in some of the caves, the one in the South eastern part of the zone is pretty big.

Arathi Highlands Iron Ore Route

Here are the two different database sources for nodes where Copper was recorded by people mining. (Click to Enlarge)

Wowhead Arathi Highlands Iron Data

Thottbot Arathi Highlands Iron Data

Iron Ore in Desolace

This zone can be a bit tricky to run routes, but the areas of focus are back by Maraudon and the Kodo Graveyard area, that center pit on the map around the ridges should net you some good Iron Ore.

Desolace Iron Ore Route

Here are the two different database sources for nodes where Copper was recorded by people mining. (Click to Enlarge)

Wowhead Desolace Iron Ore Data

If you’re looking for information on Leveling your Mining see my WoW Mining Guide.