Minnesota Silica Sand Pit

Anoka County, Minnesota, United States

Silica

Land & claims · BLM · live

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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 · Glacial Drift;Platteville Limestone;St. Peter Sandstone

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

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References

THIEL, GEORGE A., 1957, HIGH SILICA SANDS OF MINNESOTA, SUMMARY REPT. NO. 9, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Identification

Deposit ID10110544

MRDS IDW018680

Alternate namesHelm Sand Pit

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates45.0436, -93.27078