Sauk River Area Clays

Occurrence in Stearns county in Minnesota, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Water, Free
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10171011
MAS/MILS ID 0271450001
Record type Site
Current site name Sauk River Area Clays

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.51856, 45.39999 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stearns(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richmond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Litchfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Cloud(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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 Stearns

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 122 N 031 W 01 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.51856, 45.39999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF-STAFF BUMINES, 1967, POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM, IC 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 25 TO 50 MILLION TONS OF ORE. AL203 = 29%

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Fitzpatrick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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