| Deposit ID | 10401187 |
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| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Menomonie Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -91.87063, 44.88189 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dunn(county)
Wisconsin(state)
United States(country)
USGS map quadrangles
Rusk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Eau Claire(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Eau Claire(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wisconsin | Dunn |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Wonewoc | ||
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| (1) | -91.87063, 44.88189 |
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| Operation type | Surface |
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| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Quilling, Christenson, Behling |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | Wisc. Industrial Sand (FG Minerals, LLC) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Lessee |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fairmount Santrol |
| Year | 2014 |
Fairmount Santrol, 2015, 2014 Annual Report, accessed 13-Aug-2015 at http://investors.fairmountsantrol.com/files/doc_financials/2014/2014-Annual-Report.pdf.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | From 2014 Fairmount Santrol Annual Report, p. 39: "Our Menomonie, WI facility is located in Menomonie, Dunn County, WI and consists of owned [2 acres] and leased [366 acres] real property. The mineral reserves at our Menomonie facility are secured under mineral subleases that expire in 2044. We constructed the Nemomonie facility in 2007 approximately 2 miles east of Menoomonie and it is accessible via US Highway 12/State Highway 16. The Menoomonie facility utilizes natural gas and electricity to process sand. Mining methods include the mechanical removal of glacial overburden followed by drilling, blasting, and mechanical mining. Mined sand is processed and shipped by truck or rail.[...]" "The sand reserve mined from the ope-pit at the Menomonie facility is the Wonewock Sandstone formation. The Menomonie facility produceds high purity, round grain silica sand that meets the API requirements for proppant application. The mining capacity is approximately 750,000 tons per year. The surface deposit at the Menomonie facility is a high purity, round grain sand with a minimum silica content of 99% which meets API requirements for proppant application. The controlling attributes are turbidity, iron, and grain size. Maximum average full face iron content is 0.080%. The deposit tends to exhibit a coarser grain size distribution in top half of deposit. Turbidity is controlled through the use of attrition scrubbers during wet processing. Iron is controlled during processing through the use of magnetic separators." |
| General | Wonewoc sandstone. http://www.fairmountminerals.com/Fairmount-Corporate/Locations/Menomonie.aspx. Visible on imagery. Within polygon. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updater | 2015-08-13 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey |
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