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Nisswa Lake Deposit

Occurrence in Crow Wing county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093685
MRDS ID W018689
Record type Site
Current site name Nisswa Lake Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.30332, 46.51027 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crow Wing(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nisswa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pine River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brainerd(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow Wing(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Crow Wing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
135N 029W 02,11 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE QUALITY OF MARL, WITH RESPECT TO CARBONATES DECREASES WITH DEPTH, INCREASING INSTEAD WITH ORGANIC AND CLASTIC MATERIALS

Analytical data

Result MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITION (BY WEIGHT PERCENT) FOUND TO BE ABOUT CACO3 68:, DOLOMITE 5:, LIMONITE 1.5:, SULFUR 0.5:, QUARTZ 10:, ORGANICS 10:, ALUMINO-SILCATES 5:.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.30332, 46.51027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 9.45M
    Depth to top 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 10.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL VOLUME OF MARL ESTIMATED AT 1,130,000 CU. YDS. WITH AN AVERAGE 64: MOISTURE CONTENT BY WEIGHT.

Comments on development

  • WHILE NO PRODUCTION HAS TAKEN PLACE, AREA IS LARGE ENOUGH, WITH ADEQUATE ACCESS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION ; ECON.COM: PRIMARY MARKET FOR MARL IN MINNESOTA AS AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, G. ET AL, 1959, INVESTIGATION OF THE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MINNESOTA, OFFICE OF IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION

  • Deposit

    ROEPKE, HARLAN, 1958, THE NISSWA LAKE MARL DEPOSIT, CROW WING CO., MN, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, M.S. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    STAUFFER, C.R., AND G.A. THIEL, 1933, THE LIMESTONES AND MARLS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23.

  • Production

    SCHWARTZ, 1959, INVEST. OF POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT IS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF SEDGE PEAT ABOUT 3 FT THICK. THE MARL AVERAGES ABOUT 11 FT. IN THICKNESS.

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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