Carlton County Peat Bogs

Producer in Carlton county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Peat
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. 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 10072960
MRDS ID W018697
Record type Site
Current site name Carlton County Peat Bogs
Alternate or previous names Corona Bog, Sawyer Bog

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.76577, 46.67082 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carlton(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cromwell East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Carlton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
048N 019W 04,09 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, CORONA, MN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Analytical data

Result FIGURES FOR OVEN DRIED PEAT FROM CORONA BOG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.76577, 46.67082

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 10.67M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Wing Peat Co.

Comments on development

  • RED WING PEAT CORP. REPORTED OPERATING IN CARLTON COUNTY, NEAR CROMWELL. ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, R.S., 1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL, REPORT TO ENERGY COMMISSION (UNPUBLISHED), 29P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    FARNHAM, R.S., POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESSES REPORTED TO BE 10-20 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

Beyond USGS

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