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Anoka County Peat Bogs

Producer in Anoka 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 10107321
MRDS ID W018701
Record type Site
Current site name Anoka County Peat Bogs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.10799, 45.36693 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anoka(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Linwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anoka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower St. Croix(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Anoka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
031N;033N 024W;022W 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. U.T.M. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, LINWOOD, MN. (SCHOOL)

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 Des Moines Till
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.10799, 45.36693
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Economic information

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 Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • PEAT IN THIS LOCALITY PRIMARILY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AT PRESENT. ; ECON.COM: AREA FAVORABLE TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY TO LARGE TWIN CITIES MARKET.

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 PEAT DEPTH AVERAGES 7-8 FEET.

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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