Mine detail: Morton Pit

Previously called 'Ochs Clay-Redwood Pit'

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Location: Redwood County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.54582, -95.04195
dep_id: 10072949
mrds_id: W018683
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gibbsite, Illite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, LENSES
ore_ctrl: Clays Occurr In Regolith Formed By Deep Weathering Of Prec Gneisses And Overlying Shales
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Glacial Drift;Sediments; Shale,Clays;Morton Gneiss
hrock_type: Shale
References:
  • Deposit:: 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.
  • Deposit:: PARHAM, W.E., 1970, CLAY MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF MINNESOT* KAOLIN CLAYS, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 10.
  • Deposit:: GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 678
  • Deposit:: 1919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 678
  • Deposit:: 1964 COMPILA SCHINER, G.R., AND SCHNEIDER, WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1669-R
  • Production:: PARHAM AND HOGBERG, 1964, MINN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 3
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