Bellchester Pits

Past Producer in Goodhue county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146331
MAS/MILS ID 0270490044
Record type Site
Current site name Bellchester Pits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -92.49879, 44.3725 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goodhue(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Zumbro Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rochester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Zumbro(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Goodhue

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 110 N 014 W 02 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Lower Ordovician

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA MINN GEOL SUR BUL NO 11

  • Deposit

    F F GROUT AND E K SOPER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Weaton, G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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