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Bellechester Pits

Past Producer in Goodhue county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072950
MRDS ID W018685
Record type Site
Current site name Bellechester Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.4988, 44.3725 (WGS84)
Elevation 346

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goodhue(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zumbro Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rochester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Zumbro(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Goodhue

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
111N 014W 33 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAYS WERE USED IN CERAMICS INDUSTRY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Glacial Drift, Loess And Outwash Sands;Windrow Formation, Ferruginous And Clastic Members;Oneota Formation, Dolomite Sand;Jordan Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lower Ordovician
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cretaceons Sediments Flank North Trending, Gently Dipping Red Wing-Rochester Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGUAR, LENSES
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay-Size Sediment Deposition Probably From Local Stagnant Pools In A Floodplain.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WINDROW FORMATION COMPOSED OF LOWER IRON HILL MEMBER AND UPPER OSTRANDER MEMBER. CLAY DEPOSITS FOUND PRINCIPALLY IN OSTRANDER MEMBER BUT SOME SUITABLE CLAYS FOUND IN OVERLYING PLEISTOCINE LAKE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Wing Sewer, Red Wing, Mn.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Wing Sewer Pipe Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT REPORTED TO COVER ABOUT 40 ACRES.

Comments on development

  • THESE PITS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR MANY YEARS. COULD NOT BE OBSERVED BY AUSTIN IN 1962. ; ECON.COM: MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION MAINLY BY HIGHWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S.,1963,GEOLOGY OF CLAY DEPOSITS; RED WING AREA, GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES, MN, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 2.

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FERRUGINOUS RESIDNUM IS OVERLAIN BY A LIMONITE-STAINED SAND. GRAY-WHITE CLAY LENSES ARE ENCLOSED IN THIS SAND LAYER WHICH IS COVERED BY DRIFT.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

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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