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Koochiching County Peat Bogs

Occurrence in Koochiching 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072956
MRDS ID W018693
Record type Site
Current site name Koochiching County Peat Bogs
Alternate or previous names Redlake Peatland, Little Fork, Nakoda, Wisner Areas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.20551, 48.41056 (WGS84)
Elevation 363

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Koochiching(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Littlefork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

International Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rainy Lake(hydrologic unit)

Rainy(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rainy(hydrologic subregion)

Souris-Red-Rainy(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Superior 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 Koochiching

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
068N;068N 022W;029W 06 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. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, RAY, MINNESOTA (SCHOOL).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF OVEN DRIED PEAT SUITABLE FOR FUEL
Result FIGURES AVERAGED FROM 3 SAMPLE LOCALITIES IN COUNTY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Clayey, Lake-Washed Ground Moraine;Sands
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.20551, 48.41056
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Glacial Lake Agassiz Covered Most Of This County

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Extensive Peat Deposition On Glacial Lake Bed Fostered By Period Of Poor Drainage And A Cool, Wet Climate.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY PEAT RESOURCES CLASSIFIED INTO 3 CATEGORIES (THE MOOSE LAKE ASSOCIATION, THE GREENWOOD ASSOCIATION, AND THE WASKISH-LOBO ASSOCIATION) RELATIVE TO PARTICULAR PEAT COMPOSITIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OF THE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION ACRES, ABOUT 50: IS OF A COMPOSITION CONSIDERED TO BE OF GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY CONVERSION.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF AREA AS YET.

Comments on development

  • MAJORITY OF PEATLAND OWNED BY STATE. (ABOUT 80:), THE REMAINDER IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOV'T AND PRIVATE PARTIES. ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY RESOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT NEEDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOX, ROBIN, THOMAS MAHERER, AND RANDEE ZARTH, 1977, INVENTORY OF PEAT RESOURCES IN MN, PROGRESS RPT. STATE OF MN, D.N.R., DIVISION OF MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, R.S., 1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL, REPORT TO THE U.S. ENERGY COMMISSION (UNPUBLISHED),29P.

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E.K., 1919, THE PEAT DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA., MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, J. AND ROBINETTE, A., PEAT RESOURCES AND PUBLIC LAND OWNERSHIP; MINNESOTA LAND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, 1;500,000.

  • Deposit

    1976 DIREXAL UNIV. OF MINNESOTA; SOILS DEPT., STATE MAPPIN

  • Production

    FARNHAM, R.S.,1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE PEAT DEPTH IS 6-10FT.

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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