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Pine County Peat Deposits

Past Producer in Pine 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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072958
MRDS ID W018695
Record type Site
Current site name Pine County Peat Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.87938, 45.86027 (WGS84)
Elevation 290

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pine(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grantsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snake(hydrologic unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic accounting unit)

St. Croix(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
039N;045N 020W;016W 19 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. U.T.M. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, PINE CITY (SCHOOL 1562).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VARIABLE COMPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO ORGANIC AND MINERAL MATTER REPORTED. DECOMPOSITION INCREASES WITH DEPTH.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Glacial Sands, Gravels
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.87938, 45.86027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BASIN FILL
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Drainage Flow In A Basin Area

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pine City Peat Co.

Comments on development

  • PINE CITY PEAT, PINE CITY, MN REPORTED HERBACEOUS PEAT PRODUCTION NEAR PINE CITY IN 1967 ; ECON.COM: PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE STATE BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IS NEEDED TOUTILIZE THIS RESOURCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E.K.,1919, THE PEAT DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.16,261P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEAT AVERAGES 6-12 FT. IN DEPTH.

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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