Location: | Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 44.39417, -92.58019 |
dep_id: | 10072951 |
mrds_id: | W018686 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Clay |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Clay |
orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR, LENSES, PODS |
ore_ctrl: | Clay-Size Deposition Probably From Local Stagnant Pools In A Flood Plain. Interbedding Caused By Shifting Stream Channels. |
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: | Cretaceous 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., AND SOPER, E.K., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.678.
- Deposit:: 1919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 67
- Production:: SEE AUSTIN, 1963, M.G.S.R.I. 2 FOR SEDIMENT SIZING
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