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Otter Tail County Peat Bogs

Producer in Otter Tail 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072964
MRDS ID W018703
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Tail County Peat Bogs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.87199, 46.28249 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otter Tail(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Underwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brainerd(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pomme De Terre(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Otter Tail

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
133N;136N 041W;037W 32 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. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, UNDERWOOD, MN (WATER TOWER)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

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, Till And Clays
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.87199, 46.28249
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Economic information

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Northland Products Co.

Comments on development

  • NORTHLAND PRODUCTS CO., FERGUS FALLS, MN REPORTED SPHAGNUM PEAT PRODUCTION NEAR UNDERWOOD, MN. ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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, MAPPING OF STATE PEA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE DEPTH IS 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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