Mine detail: Bellechester Pits

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Location

Lat / long:

44.3725, -92.4988

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Orebody form:	IRREGUAR, LENSES
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Glacial Drift, Loess And Outwash Sands;Windrow Formation, Ferruginous And Clastic Members;Oneota Formation, Dolomite Sand;Jordan Sandstone
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Cretaceons Sediments Flank North Trending, Gently Dipping Red Wing-Rochester Anticline

References

MRDS	W018685
DEP	10072950
Reference	{Deposit:: AUSTIN, G.S.,1963,GEOLOGY OF CLAY DEPOSITS; RED WING AREA, GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES, MN, MINNESOTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 2.}{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}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.