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Aitkin County Peat Bogs

Producer in Aitkin county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Peat
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10072959
MRDS ID W018696
Record type Site
Current site name Aitkin County Peat Bogs
Alternate or previous names Tamarack, Palisade Bogs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.12828, 46.64805 (WGS84)
Elevation 384

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aitkin(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tamarack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Aitkin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prairie-Willow(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Aitkin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
048N 022W 16,15 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • SINCE NO CONSISTENT PATTERN OF DIVISION OR NAMING CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR STATE PEAT DEPOSITS, THEY ARE REPORTED BY COUNTY GROUPING. U.T.M.S AND LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN ON ARBITRARY LOCATION, TAMARACK, MN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Analytical data

Result FIGURES BASED ON OVEN DRIED PEAT. PERCENTAGES AVERAGED FROM SAMPLES TAKEN IN TAMARACK, PALISADE, AND N.E. PART OF COUNTY.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.12828, 46.64805
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Area.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Colby Pioneer/Makedonsky Peat Co.

Comments on development

  • SPHAGNUM PEAT PRODUCTION IN PERIPHERAL COUNTY AREA. IN 1967, COLBY PIONEER PEAT CO., HANLONTOWN, IOWA REPORTED WORKING NEAR WAWINA, AND MAKEDONSKY PEAT CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MN REPORTED WORKING NEAR HILL CITY. ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS RESOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E.K., 1919, THE PEAT DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 16, 261 P

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, R.S., 1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL, REPORT TO ENERGY COMMISSION (UNPUBLISHED), 29P.

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXPL UNIV. OF MINNESOTA; SOILS DEPT., STATE MAPPING

  • Production

    FARNHAM, 1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS AVERAGE ABOUT 3-6 FT

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

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