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Twin City Brick Co. Clay Pit

Producer in Dakota 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072952
MRDS ID W018688
Record type Site
Current site name Twin City Brick Co. Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.11077, 44.92082 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ramsey(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Paul East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Twin Cities(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area(National River)

National River NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Dakota
United States Minnesota Ramsey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028N 023W 12 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • PIT ASTRIDE COUNTY BOUNDARY LINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL USED TO MAKE BRICK AND HOLLOW WARE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Laminated Red And Gray Clay;Red And Gray Drift;Decorah Shale;St. Peter Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.11077, 44.92082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-LAMINATED

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 Twin City Brick Co.
    Home office 790 Joy Ave., St. Paul, Mn, 55118
  • Type Owner
    Owner Twin City Brick Co.
    Home office 790 Joy Ave., St. Paul, Mn, 55118

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 750M
    Overall width 500M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS-(AT GROUT'S REPORTING) EXTENSIVE, ON-SITE KILNS HAD CAPACITY OF 100,000 BRICKS/DAY.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MOST PROPERTY IN AREA TOO VALUABLE TO EXCAVATE FOR CLAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILA GROUT, ., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 67

  • Production

    GROUT, 1919, BULL 678.

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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