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Mille Lacs County Peat Bogs

Producer in Mille Lacs 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072961
MRDS ID W018698
Record type Site
Current site name Mille Lacs County Peat Bogs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.5244, 46.11721 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mille Lacs(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wahkon South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mille Lacs Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Duluth(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rum(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 Mille Lacs

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
042N;040N 025W;027W 17 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. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, WAHKON,MN. (SCHOOL)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIABLE COMPOSTION WITH RESPECT TO ORGANIC AND MINERAL MATTER REPORTED. DECOMPOSITION INCREASES WITH DEPTH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment
    Rock unit name Superior Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.5244, 46.11721
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

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 Private

Comments on development

  • PEAT IN THIS AREA CURRENTLY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE DEPTH 5-10 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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