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# INDUSTRIAL CLAY OCCURRENCES IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY IN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA, YELLOW MEDICINE, RENVILLE, REDWOOD, BROWN, BLUE EARTH, NICOLLET, AND LESUEUR COUNTIES

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# University of Minnesota-Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute

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### Section 1 | ### Identification Information
Originator | University of Minnesota-Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute
Title | INDUSTRIAL CLAY OCCURRENCES IN THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY IN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA, YELLOW MEDICINE, RENVILLE, REDWOOD, BROWN, BLUE EARTH, NICOLLET, AND LESUEUR COUNTIES
Abstract | This data set contains the locations of industrial clay occurrences in portions of Chippewa, Yellow Medicine, Renville, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur Counties, Minnesota, that lie in or near the Minnesota River Valley, including the Redwood, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur river valleys. The clay occurrences have been documented from mine pits, quarries, and gravel pits; outcrops; river, stream, and road cuts; drill core; and hand-auger samples.
Purpose | To provide a data set of known industrial clay occurrences in this portion of the Minnesota River Valley to aid in planning for land use and resource availability.
Time Period of Content Date | 11/01/1998
Currentness Reference | Zanko et al., 1998: ground condition as of May, 1998 through Nov., 1998 Toth, 1991: publication data Parham and Hogberg, 1964: publication data
Progress | Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency | Unknown
Spatial Extent of Data | Portions of the Minnesota, Redwood, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, and Le Sueur river valleys in Chippewa, Yellow Medicine, Renville, Redwod, Brown, Nicollet, Blue Earth, and LeSueur Counties.
Bounding Coordinates | -95.658055 -93.850454 44.889159 43.981756
Place Keywords | Minnesota River Valley, Blue Earth County, Brown County, Chippewa County, LeSueur County, Nicollet County, Redwood County, Renville County, Yellow Medicine County, Redwood Falls, New Ulm, and Mankato.
Theme Keywords | Kaolin Clay, Ball Clay, Industrial Clay, Primary Clay, Secondary Clay, Cretaceous Clay, Paleozoic Clay
Theme Keyword Thesaurus | None
Access Constraints | ?
Use Constraints | ?
Contact Person Information | Larry Zanko, Research Fellow Natural Resources Research Institute 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, Minnesota 55811-1442 Phone: 218-720-4274 FAX: 218-720-9410 E-mail: lzanko@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Browse Graphic File Name | none available
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Attribute Accuracy | Accuracy of attributes is not known.
Logical Consistency |
Completeness | Clay occurrences depicted are taken only from NRRI studies and from Parham and Hogberg, 1964. As such, they do not include all known clay occurrences in the Minnesota and adjoining river valleys within the study area.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy | The horizontal positional accuracy of the data set varies as follows: drill hole and sample collection site (surveyed by GPS): +/-1 meter drill hole and sample collection site (surveyed not by GPS): +/-5 meters historical data: 10 meters to 1/4 Section
Vertical Positional Accuracy | n/a
Lineage | Zanko et al. data was produced by Zanko in AutoCAD by drawing over inserted, georeferenced, Digital Orthophoto Quads. Parham and Hogberg, 1964, and Toth, 1991, data were reproduced from a digital AutoCAD map produced by Toth in 1990. It is likely that the Parham and Hogberg, 1964, locations were digitized into AutoCAD from the map contained in their published report. Drill hole data were plotted as points by UTM coordinates in AutoCAD. REFERENCES Parham , W.E., and Hogberg, R.K., 1964, Kaolin clay resources of the Minnesota River Valley Brown, Redwood, and Renville counties, a preliminary report, Minnesota Geological Survey Report of Investigations 3, 43 p. Toth, T.A., Paleogeographical interpretation of late Cretaceous, kaolinite-rich sediments of the Minnesota River Valley, Redwood, Renville, Brown, and Nicollet Counties, Minnesota: in Hauck, S.A., and Heine, J.J., eds., Regional and local geologic, mineralogic, and geochemical controls of industrial clay grades in the Minnesota River Valley and the Meridian Aggregates Quarry, St. Cloud, Minnesota: Natural Resources Research Institute, Univ. Minn., Duluth, Tech. Rept. NRRI/TR-91/15, P. 1-93. Zanko, L.M., Oreskovich, J.A., Heine, J.J., Grant, J.A., Hauck, S.A., and Setterholm, D.R., 1998, Mapping industrial clay potential in the Minnesota River Valley: Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Rept. of Investigations, NRRI/RI-98/03, 53 p.
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Native Data Set Environment | AutoCAD MAP Release 2.0, Arcview version 3.1
Geographic Reference for Tabular Data | UTM Coordinates, Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ's)
Spatial Object Type | Point
Vendor Specific Object Types | 'cell', 'column', 'label', 'line', 'point', 'polygon', 'row'
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Horizontal Coordinate Scheme | UTM
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Horizontal Datum | NAD83
Horizontal Units | Meters
Distance Resolution |
Altitude Datum | Not applicable
Altitude Units | Not applicable
Depth Datum | Not applicable
Depth Units | Not applicable
UTM Zone Number | 15
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Entity and Attribute Overview | The data set contains industrial clay occurrences obtained from outcrops, road cuts, river cuts, drill holes, mines, and test pits with attributes relating to location, lithology, dimension, and age of deposition.
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Publisher | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minerals Division
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Contact Person Information | , , Phone: FAX: E-mail: none available
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Transfer Format Name | Arcview version 3.1
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Online Linkage | none available
### Section 7 | ### Metadata Reference Information - - - - - - Go back to top
Metadata Date | 11/30/1998
Contact Person Information | Julie Oreskovich, Assistant Scientist Natural Resources Research Institute Natural Resources Research Institute, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway Duluth, Minnesota 55811-1442 Phone: 218-720-4331 FAX: 218-720-9410 E-mail: joreskov@sage.nrri.umn.edu
Metadata Standard Name | Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version | 1.2
Metadata Standard Online Linkage | http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/gc/stds/metadata.htm

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