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Nanik Marl Pit

Producer in Wadena county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10072953
MRDS ID W018690
Record type Site
Current site name Nanik Marl Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.78334, 46.50443 (WGS84)
Elevation 384
Relative position 11 MILES NORTH OF STAPLES, MINNESOTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wadena(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oylen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pine River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brainerd(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow Wing(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Wadena

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
135N;135N 033W;032W 13;18 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRIMARY MARKET FOR MARL IN STATE AS AN AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marl Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Glacial Sediments, Lake Fill Sands And Clays
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.78334, 46.50443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

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 Richard Nanik, Staples
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard Nanik, Staples, Mn

Comments on the workings information

  • METHOD OF REMOVAL INVOLVES STRIPPING PEAT COVER, DIGGING MARL IN 50FT X 200FT STRIPS, AND STOCKPILING FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH TO DRAIN BEFORE SHIPMENT TO LOCAL MARKET.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DUE TO LOW COMMODITY VALUE WITH RESPECT TO HANDLING COSTS-MATERIAL MUST BE MARKETED LOCALLY (WITHIN 25 MI RADIUS.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, G. ET AL, 1959, INVESTIGATION OF THE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MINNESOTA; OFFICE OF IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION

  • Deposit

    STAUFFER, C.R., AND G.A. THIEL, 1933, THE LIMESTONES AND MARLS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 23.

  • Production

    SCHWARTZ, 1959, COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARL AVERAGES 10 FT IN DEPTH, LIES BELOW ABOUT A 4 FT. COVERING OF SEDGE PEAT.

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

Beyond USGS

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