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Gopher State Silica Pit

Producer in Le Sueur 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 10072948
MRDS ID W018682
Record type Site
Current site name Gopher State Silica Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.94691, 44.36721 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position NEAR OTTAWA, MINNESOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Le Sueur(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Peter(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Faribault(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Le Sueur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
110N 026W 03,04 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL PRODUCED USED AS OIL RESERVOIR FRACTURING SAND, AND IN CERAMICS INDUSTRY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result FOR SCREEN ANALYSIS OF MATERIAL SEE THIEL SUMMARY REPORT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.94691, 44.36721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • A BROAD, FLAT RIVER TERRACE COVERS THE JORDAN FM. IN THE OTTAWA AREA. AWAY FROM THE RIVER VALLEYS TOWARDS SE MINNESOTA THE JORDAN FM. IS MORE DEEPLY BURIED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gopher State Silica
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gopher State Silica, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE RIVER TERRACE IS ABOUT 30 FT. ABOVE WATER LEVEL; THEREFORE THE UPPER PART OF THE FORMATION CAN BE QUARRIED OUT WITHOUT A WATER SEEPAGE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A SIDING FROM THE CHICAGO, ST PAUL, AND OMAHA RAILROAD SERVES THE QUARRY-TO FACILITATE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    THIEL, G.A., 1957, M.G.S. SUMMARY REPT. 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SANDSTONE BED GENERALLY RANGES FROM 75 TO 175 FT. IN THICKNESS.

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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