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Morton Pit

Producer in Redwood county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072949
MRDS ID W018683
Record type Site
Current site name Morton Pit
Alternate or previous names Ochs Clay-Redwood Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.04195, 44.54582 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Redwood(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montevideo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Ulm(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 Redwood

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
113N 035W 35 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL USED IN FACE BRICK AND FILTER TILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolinite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result CRYSTALLINITY INDICIES OF KAOLIN CLAYS FROM THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY RANGE FROM 0.89 TO 1.34

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Glacial Drift;Sediments; Shale,Clays;Morton Gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Clay Layers Exposed Along Minnesota River Valley By Erosional Processes.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clays Occurr In Regolith Formed By Deep Weathering Of Prec Gneisses And Overlying Shales

Comments on the geologic information

  • FROM EXPOSURES IN MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS,THE KAOLINITIC REGOLITH APPEARS TO EXTEND OVER MUCH OF SW MINNESOTA BUT MUCH OF THAT IS COVERED BY EXTENSIVE GLACIAL DRIFT PROHIBITING EXPLOITATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ochs Brick And Tile Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ochs Brick And Tile Co.
    Home office Springfield, Mn, 56087

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROXIMITY TO RAILROAD LINE FACILITATES LOWER TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARHAM, W.E. AND R.K. HOGBERG, 1964, KAOLIN CLAY RESOURCES OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY; BROWN, REDWOOD, AND RENVILLE COUNTIES; A PRELIMINARY REPORT, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3.

  • Deposit

    PARHAM, W.E., 1970, CLAY MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA'S KAOLIN CLAYS, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10.

  • Deposit

    GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 678

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 678

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILA SCHINER, G.R., AND SCHNEIDER, WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1669-R

  • Production

    PARHAM AND HOGBERG, 1964, MINN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION SHOWS 45-50 FT OF GLACIAL DRIFT COVERING SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLAY OF VARYING THICKNESS. A THIN BENTONITE LAYER IS REPORTED INTERBEDDED WITHIN THE CLAYS.

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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