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Ochs Clay-Brown County Pit

Past Producer in Brown county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105915
MRDS ID W018684
Record type Site
Current site name Ochs Clay-Brown County Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.01027, 44.21999 (WGS84)
Elevation 317

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brown(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanborn NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tracy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Ulm(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cottonwood(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Brown

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
109N 035W 26 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MATERIAL PRODUCT REPORTEDLY USED AS EXPANDED AGGREGATE BUT SUITABLE QUALITY FOR TILE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Illite Ore
Kaolin Ore
Montmorillonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Gray Drift; With Variable Sandiness;Sediments; Shales, Clays, Silty Sands;Morton Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.01027, 44.21999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Clay Layering Exposed Along Minnesota River And Tributaries Where The River Valleys Cut Through The Glacial Drift.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clays Occur In Regolith Formed By Weathering Of Basement Gneisses And Overlying Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE THIN BEDDED SHALE CONTAINS 1-2 INCH CONCRETIONS OF PYRITE AND LIMONITE. KAOLINITIC REGOLITH APPEARS THICK GLACIAL IN SW MINNESOTA BUT ELSEWHERE COVERED BY EXTENSIVE DRIFT PROHIBITING ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ochs Brick And Tile Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ochs Brick And Tile Co.
    Home office Springfield, Mn, 56087

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY COVERS 20 ACRES. PIT (1970) EXTENDED TO DEPTH OF 46 FT. BELOW SURFACE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PIT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RAILROAD FACILITATING TRANSPORTATION TO MARKET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 678.

  • Deposit

    PARHAM, W.E., AND R.K. HOGBERG, 1964, KAOLIN CLAY RESOURCES OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY; BROWN, REDWOOD, AND RENVILLE COUNTIES; A PRELIMINARY REPORT, MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. REPT. OF INVEST. 3.

  • Deposit

    PARHAM, W.E., 1970, CLAY MINEROLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA'S KAOLIN CLAYS, MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC PUBLIC 10.

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILA GROUT FF AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 678.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILA SCHINER GR., AND SCHNEIDER, WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1669-R

  • Production

    SEE PARHAM, 1970, SPEC. PUB. 10 FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAYS THINLY BEDDED-BELOW GLACIAL DRIFT. THICKNESS DISCRIPTIVE OF ENTIRE. KAOLINITIC HORIZON IN SW MINN

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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