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North Dakota, USA

Slope Co., North Dakota, USA

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Western North Dakota is in the Williston Basin, an oil and gas producing area. Sedimentary rock outcropping ranges in age from the late Cretaceous Niobrara formation to late Tertiary. The eastern portion of the state is covered with several hundred feet of glacial deposits. Agates and petrified wood can be found in numerous gravel deposits throughout the state.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

37 entries listed. 18 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA

North Dakota
- Adams Co.
  - Cedar River
- Badlands
- Billings Co.
  - Medora
  - Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit
- Bottineau Co.
  - Turtle Mts
    - Unnamed mineral spring
- Burke Co.
- Burleigh Co.
- Cass Co.
  - Fargo
- Cavalier Co.
  - Walhalla
    - Pembina River valley
- Divide Co.
  - Alkabo
    - North Lake Reservoir
  - Miller Lake
- Dunn Co.
- Golden Valley Co.
  - Beach
- Grant Co.
  - Cannonball River
  - New Leipzig
    - New Leipzig meteorite
- Hettinger Co.
  - Cannonball River
  - Mott
- Kidder Co.
- McHenry Co.
- McKenzie Co.
  - Cannonball River

USA

North Dakota
- McKenzie Co.
- Mercer Co.
  - Beulah
    - Freedom Mine
    - Knife River Mine
  - Golden Valley
- Morton Co.
- Mountrail Co.
  - Palermo
    - Salt lake
  - White Lake
- Pembina Co.
  - Glasston
    - Glasston meteorite
- Ramsey Co.
- Ransom Co.
  - Sheyenne River
- Rolette Co.
  - Turtle Mountains
- Slope Co.
- Stark Co.
- Ward Co.
- Williams Co.
  - Williston

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References

Mineral and Water Resources of North Dakota (1973) ed Landis N. Dak. Geol Surv. Bull 63

North Dakota Geological Survey Newsletter Summer 1995

Rock and Mineral Collecting in North Dakota NDGS Newsletter June 1976

External Links

https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/ndn13_h.htm [North Dakota's clinker]

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