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St. Louis County Peat Bogs

Producer in St. Louis 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072963
MRDS ID W018702
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis County Peat Bogs
Alternate or previous names Zim-Fens Bog Area, Central Lakes Bog Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.47687, 47.29999 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Louis(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hibbing(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Louis(hydrologic unit)

St. Louis(hydrologic accounting unit)

Western Lake Superior(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota St. Louis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
056N 017W 27 Minnesota

Comments on the location information

  • SINCE NO CONSISTENT PATTERN OF DIVISION OR NAMING CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR STATE PEATLANDS, DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED BY COUNTY GROUPING. LOCATION INFORMATION TAKEN ON ARBITRARY LOCATION, CENTRAL LAKES, MN (COMMUNITY HALL)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PEAT, ASIDE FROM BEING USEFUL AS A FUEL SOURCE, HERE SERVES AS GOOD AGRICULTURAL MEDIUM FOR VEGETABLE AND SOD PRODUCTION

Analytical data

Result FIGURES BASED ON OVEN DRIED PEAT SUITABLE FOR FUEL. AVERAGE TAKEN FROM TEST SITES IN ZIM-FENS AND CENTRAL LAKES AREAS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Glacial Sediments, Clay, Silt, Fine Sand
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.47687, 47.29999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Area Covered By Glacial Lake St. Louis

Ore body information

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Peat Deposition Occurred In Period Of Poor Drainage Accompanied By Cool, Damp Climate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Power-O-Peat Co.

Comments on development

  • MAJORITY OF LAND IN AREA IS OWNED BY STATE AND COUNTY. A FEW SECTIONS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED BY THE CHUNG KING CORP. PEAT PRODUCTION LAST REPORTED BY POWER-O-PEAT CO., GILBERT, MN 55741. ; ECON.COM: EXTENSIVE PEATLANDS ARE POTENTIAL ENERGY RESOURCE FOR STATE-BUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT NEEDED IN MATERIAL PRODUCTION AND USE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,R.S. AND D.N. GRUBICH, 1970, PEAT RESOURCES OF MINNESOTA, POTENTIALITY REPT., OFFICE OF IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND REHABILITATIONS

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E.K., 1919, THE PEAT DEPOSITS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 16, 261 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    FARNHAM, 1974, POTENTIAL OF PEAT FOR FUEL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEAT DEPTHS AVERAGE 5-7 FT. ESTIMATES OF OVER 25: OF COUNTY COVERED BY PEATLANDS.

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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