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Roseau County Peat Deposits

Occurrence in Roseau 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 10093686
MRDS ID W018705
Record type Site
Current site name Roseau County Peat Deposits
Alternate or previous names Salol Bog, Warroad Bog

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.42921, 48.98888 (WGS84)
Elevation 328

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Roseau(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warroad NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseau(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Roseau(hydrologic unit)

Lower Red(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Roseau

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
163N;163N 044W;037W 28,33 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, MARVIN LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEAT OF VARIABLE COMPOSITION WITH DEPTH, DECOMPOSITION INCREASES WITH DEPTH

Analytical data

Result FIGURES BASED ON OVEN DRIED PEAT, AVERAGED FROM TWO SAMPLE AREAS

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Glacial Lake Agassiz Once Covered Much Of The Area.

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

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 the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF WORKING THE AREA EXISTS AS YET.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL FUEL 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., STATE MAPPING

  • Production

    FARNAM, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTH AVERAGES 6-12 FT, WITH THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS BEING SHALLOWER.

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

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