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Minnesota Silica Sand Pit

Producer in Anoka county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110544
MRDS ID W018680
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Silica Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Helm Sand Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -93.27078, 45.0436 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position JUST NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anoka(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minneapolis North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Anoka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stillwater(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Twin Cities(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Crow-Rum(hydrologic accounting unit)

Mississippi Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Anoka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
030N 024W 34 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE THIEL, SUMMARY REPT. 9, FOR SCREEN ANALYSIS OF PIT MATERIAL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Glacial Drift;Platteville Limestone;St. Peter Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -93.27078, 45.0436
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 48.77M
    Depth to top 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mn Silica Sand Co., 43rd. Ave., N. E. Minneapolis, Mn
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minnesota Silica Sand Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THIEL, GEORGE A., 1957, HIGH SILICA SANDS OF MINNESOTA, SUMMARY REPT. NO. 9, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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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