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Clay Bank Pits

Producer in Goodhue county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110545
MRDS ID W018687
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Bank Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -92.60186, 44.44139 (WGS84)
Elevation 351
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING, MN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Goodhue(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodhue East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rochester(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Vermillion(hydrologic unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Mississippi-Black-Root(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Goodhue

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
111N 015W 03,10 Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAYS USED IN CERAMICS INDUSTRY PRINCIPALLY FOR SEWER PIPE AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS APPROX. 67: SILICA, 15: ALUMINA, REMAINING 18: INCLUDES IRON OXIDE, MAGNESIUM, LIME, SODA, POTASH, MOISTURE, AND TITANIUM OXIDE IN VARYING SMALL AMTS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Glacial Drift, Loess, And Outwash Sands;Windrow Formation, Ferruginous And Clastic Members;Oneota Formation, Dolomite Sand;Jordan Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -92.60186, 44.44139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cretaceous Sediments Lie Along Gently Dipping, North Trending Red Wing- Rochester Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay-Size Deposition Probably From Local Stagnant Pools In A Floodplain.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WINDROW FM. COMPOSED OF LOWER IRON HILL MEMBER, AND UPPER OSTRANDER MEMBER. CLAY EXPLOITATION PRIMARILY IN OSTRANDER MEMBER; BUT RECENT INVESTIGATION OF OVERLYING PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL LAKE SEDIMENTS HAS RESULTED IN SOME EXPLOITATION OF QUATERNARY CLAYS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Wing Sewer, Red Wing, Mn. 55066
  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Wing Sewer Pipe Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT REPORTEDLY COVERS OVER 90 ACRES; CURRENTLY LITTLE EXPOSED.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION TO MARKET MAINLY BY HIGHWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTIN, G.S., 1963, GEOLOGY OF CLAY DEPOSITS; RED WING AREA, GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES, MINNESOTA, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 2

  • Deposit

    GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 678.

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FERRUGINOUS RESIDUUM IS OVERLAIN BY A LIMONITE-STAINED SAND. SMALL DISCONTINOUS GRAY-WHITE CLAY LENSES OCCUR IN THE SAND WITH LITTLE TRANSITION BETWEEN THEM.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

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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