Mine detail: Clay Bank Pits

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Location

Lat / long:

44.44139, -92.60186

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Ore:	Sand
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR LENSES
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	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:	Cretaceous Sediments Lie Along Gently Dipping, North Trending Red Wing- Rochester Anticline

References

MRDS	W018687
DEP	10110545
Reference	{Deposit:: AUSTIN, G.S., 1963, GEOLOGY OF CLAY DEPOSITS; RED WING AREA, GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES, MINNESOTA, MN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY R.I. 2}{Deposit:: GROUT, F.F., 1919, CLAYS AND SHALES OF MINNESOTA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 678.}{Deposit:: 1919 COMPILA GROUT, F.F., AND SOPER, E.K., BULLETIN 67}
Reporter	Sutphin, David M., Mason Jr., G.T.