Mine detail: Bellechester Pits

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Location: Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.3725, -92.4988
dep_id: 10072950
mrds_id: W018685
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: IRREGUAR, LENSES
ore_ctrl: Clay-Size Sediment Deposition Probably From Local Stagnant Pools In A Floodplain.
Reporter: Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.
hrock_unit: Glacial Drift, Loess And Outwash Sands;Windrow Formation, Ferruginous And Clastic Members;Oneota Formation, Dolomite Sand;Jordan Sandstone
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure: Cretaceons Sediments Flank North Trending, Gently Dipping Red Wing-Rochester Anticline
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • 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
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