Blue Earth County Sand Bed

Occurrence in Blue Earth county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Silica
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 10195487
MAS/MILS ID 0270130017
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Earth County Sand Bed

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.07694, 44.16639 (WGS84)
Elevation 235
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nicollet(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mankato West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Ulm(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Ulm(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Blue Earth

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 108 N 027 W 16 NWNE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.07694, 44.16639

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOUNDRY SANDS OF MINNESOTA MINN GEOL SURVEY BUL NO 18

  • Deposit

    G N KNAPP

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.