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Sorum Marl Pit

Past Producer in Cass county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072954
MRDS ID W018691
Record type Site
Current site name Sorum Marl Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.87914, 47.04805 (WGS84)
Elevation 405

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Remer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pokegama Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Prairie-Willow(hydrologic unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Chippewa National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Cass

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
141N 025W 08 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRIMARY MARKET FOR MARL IN STATE AS AN AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marl Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Glacial Sediments, Lake Fill Sands And Clays
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.87914, 47.04805
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0.46M
    Depth to bottom 6.55M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sorum'S Marl Service, Remer Mn 56672
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Sorum, Remer, Mn 56672

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WORKED WITH DRAGLINE, REMOVING MARL TO STOCK PILE. MATERIAL REWORKED BY DOZER ALLOWED TO DRAIN SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE SHIPMENT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DUE TO SMALL PROFIT MARGIN (RELATIVE TO COMMODITY VALUE) MATERIAL MUST BE MARKETED LOCALLY (WITHIN 25 MILE RADIUS)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHWARTZ, G. ET AL, 1959, INVESTIGATION OF THE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MINNESOTA, OFFICE OF IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATION

  • Deposit

    STAUFFER, C.R., AND G.A. THIEL, 1933, THE LIMESTONES AND MARLS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23.

  • Production

    SCHWARTZ, 1959, COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES OF MARL IN MN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MARL COVERED BY FLOATING BOG ABOUT 1-1 1/2 FT. THICK.

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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