1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Gertkin Marl Pits

Producer in Stearns county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072955
MRDS ID W018692
Record type Site
Current site name Gertkin Marl Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.43915, 45.42666 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stearns(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Litchfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Cloud(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Stearns

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
123N 030W 34,27 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 > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Glacial Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.43915, 45.42666
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL

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 Gertkin Co.
    Home office Cold Spring, Mn. 56320
  • Type Owner
    Owner Laurence Gertkin, Cold Spring, Mn.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DUE TO SMALL PROFIT MARGIN MATERIAL MUST BE MARKETED IN LOCAL AREA.

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.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Maps centered on this site