Commodities
PrimaryKaolin
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, LENSES
Ore controlClays Occurr In Regolith Formed By Deep Weathering Of Prec Gneisses And Overlying Shales
Materials
Ore mineralsGibbsite, Illite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale · Glacial Drift;Sediments; Shale,Clays;Morton Gneiss
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10072949
MRDS IDW018683
Alternate namesOchs Clay-Redwood Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.54582, -95.04195
References
PARHAM, W.E. AND R.K. HOGBERG, 1964, KAOLIN CLAY RESOURCES OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY; BROWN, REDWOOD, AND RENVILLE COUNTIES; A PRELIMINARY REPORT, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3.PARHAM, W.E., 1970, CLAY MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA'S KAOLIN CLAYS, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10.GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 6781919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 6781964 COMPILA SCHINER, G.R., AND SCHNEIDER, WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1669-RPARHAM AND HOGBERG, 1964, MINN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 3