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Isanti County Peat Bogs

Past Producer in Isanti 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105916
MRDS ID W018700
Record type Site
Current site name Isanti County Peat Bogs
Alternate or previous names Krone Bog, Odegard Bog

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.48301, 45.70666 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Isanti(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dalbo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rum(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Isanti

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037N 025W 08 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, KRONE BOG GRAVEL PITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIABLE COMPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO ORGANIC AND MINERAL MATTER REPORTED. DECOMPOSITION INCREASES WITH DEPTH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment
    Rock unit name Superior Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.48301, 45.70666
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • PEATLANDS PRIMARILY PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT SOME HOLDINGS BY STATE AND COUNTY. PEAT USED MAINLY IN AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO UTILIZE THIS RESOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E.K., 1919, THE PEAT DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 16,261P

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXPL UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, SOILS DEPT., MAPPING OF STATE PEAT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE THICKNESS-5-10 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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