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Lake of the Woods County Peat Bogs

Occurrence in Lake of the Woods 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072965
MRDS ID W018704
Record type Site
Current site name Lake of the Woods County Peat Bogs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.53389, 48.67806 (WGS84)
Elevation 335

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake of the Woods(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baudette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baudette(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rainy(hydrologic unit)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Lake of the Woods

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
157N;160N 035W;030W 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.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIABLE COMPOSITION WITH DEPTH; SPHAGNUM COVER UNDERLAID BY HERBACEOUS PEAT

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.53389, 48.67806
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Glacial Lake Agassiz Covered Large Portion Of Area

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • 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) 26P

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXPL UNIV OF MINNESOTA, SOILS DEPT, MAPPING OF STATE'S PEATLAND

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT PART OF CONTINOUS BOG COVERING PARTS OF KOOCHICHING, AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES.

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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