Cargill Salt Plant

Producer in Scott county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146262
MAS/MILS ID 0271390009
Record type Site
Current site name Cargill Salt Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -93.40632, 44.79059 (WGS84)
Elevation 218
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Scott(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eden Prairie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Paul(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Scott

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 115 N 022 W 01 SWSE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -93.40632, 44.79059

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cargill Salt Co
    ID 2102466
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARGILL SALT CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Weaton, G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/01/1979
MSHA mine ID2102466
Mine name (MSHA)Cargill Incorporated Salt Department
Current operatorCargill Salt
Current controller (parent)Cargill Inc
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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