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Minnesota Quartz Co.

Past Producer in Scott county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Silica
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072943
MRDS ID W018681
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Quartz Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.60579, 44.65832 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF JORDAN, MINNESOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jordan East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Scott

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
114N 023W 29 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL PRODUCED USED AS CONSTRUCTION SAND, AS WELL AS FILLER AND MOLDING SAND.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE THEIL, SUMMARY REPT 9 FOR SCREEN ANALYSIS OF PIT MATERIAL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Oneonta Dolomite;Jordan Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Cambrian
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • A ROCK TERRACE OCCURS IN MINNESOTA R. VALLEY BETWEEN JORDAN AND SHAKOPEE. IT'S THICKEST (50FT.) AT SHAKOPEE AND WEDGES OUT (0 FT.) NORTH OF JORDAN-WHERE THE SANDSTONE CROPS OUT OVER A FEW ACRES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minnesota Quartz Co.
    Home office Mendota, Mn, 55050

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL PLANT REPORTED OPERATING ON SW MARGIN OF OUTCROP.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLOSE PROXIMITY TO TWIN CITIES, PROVIDES MARKET AND CHICAGO, ST.PAUL, AND OMAHA R.R. PROVIDES TRANSPORTATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIEL, G.A., 1957, HIGH-SILICA SANDS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SANDSTONE RANGES FROM 75 TO 175 FT IN DEPTH, BUT GENERALLY THE UPPER PORTION IS MORE SUITABLE (COARSER GRAINS) FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1997 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1997 Mason Jr., G.T. U.S. Geological Survey

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