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Cass County Peat Deposits

Occurrence in Cass 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072962
MRDS ID W018699
Record type Site
Current site name Cass County Peat Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.09554, 47.15916 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cass(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boy River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cass Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bemidji(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Leech Lake(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
143N;141N 027W;026W 33 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • SINCE NO CONSISTENT PATTERN OF DIVISION OR NAMING EXIST EXISTS FOR STATE PEAT DEPOSITS, THEY ARE REPORTED BY COUNTY GROUPING. U.T.M. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN FROM ARBITRARY LOCATION, BOY RIVER LOOKOUT TOWER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Glacial Sediments, Moraines And Outwash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mafic metavolcanic rocks
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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 Occurrence
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • EXPLOITATION OF THESE DEPOSITS WOULD BE DIFFIULT AND COSTLY DUE TO HIGH WATER PROBLEM AND VERY POOR DRAINAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, R.S., 1974, THE POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL, REPORT TO THE ENERGY COMMISSION (UNPUBLISHED), 29 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE DEPTH OF PEAT IS 4-8 FT

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

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