Mine detail: Ochs Clay-Brown County Pit

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Location

Lat / long:

44.21999, -95.01027

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kaolin
Ore:	Gibbsite, Illite, Kaolin, Montmorillonite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Gray Drift; With Variable Sandiness;Sediments; Shales, Clays, Silty Sands;Morton Gneiss
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Clay Layering Exposed Along Minnesota River And Tributaries Where The River Valleys Cut Through The Glacial Drift.

References

MRDS	W018684
DEP	10105915
Reference	{Deposit:: GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 678.}{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, MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. REPT. OF INVEST. 3.}{Deposit:: PARHAM, W.E., 1970, CLAY MINEROLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF MINNESOT * KAOLIN CLAYS, MINN. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPEC PUBLIC 10.}{Deposit:: 1919 COMPILA GROUT FF AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 678.}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILA SCHINER GR., AND SCHNEIDER, WATER SUPPLY PAPER 1669-R}{Production:: SEE PARHAM, 1970, SPEC. PUB. 10 FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.