Minnesota Quartz Co.

Scott County, Minnesota, United States

Silica

Land & claims · BLM · live

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BLM MLRS ↗Claims at this point ↗Surface mgmt ↗

Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimarySilica

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

Orebody formTABULAR

Materials

Ore mineralsSandstone

Geology

Host rockSandstone · Oneonta Dolomite;Jordan Sandstone

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

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References

THIEL, G.A., 1957, HIGH-SILICA SANDS OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT 9

Identification

Deposit ID10072943

MRDS IDW018681

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates44.65832, -93.60579