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Franklin, City of Franklin, Renville County, Minnesota, United States


Alternative Names:City of Franklin, Franklin, Франклин
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Renville County, Minnesota, USA
Region:City of Franklin, Renville County, Minnesota, United States
Latitude:44° 31' 41" N
Longitude:94° 52' 49" W
Lat/Long (dec):44.52829,-94.88055
Köppen climate type:Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:308m
Population:478 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:5027331
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:5027331:9
GUID:0
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Franklin peridotite, Renville County, Minnesota, USA44° 31' 33" N94° 55' 45" W3.9km (2.4 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 5, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 29' 25" N94° 50' 21" W5.3km (3.3 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 3, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 28' 55" N94° 51' 33" W5.4km (3.3 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 4, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 28' 30" N94° 50' 36" W6.6km (4.1 miles)
Cold Spring Granite Quarry (Rainbow Quarry), Morton, Renville County, Minnesota, USA44° 32' 53" N94° 58' 31" W7.8km (4.9 miles)
Morton, Renville County, Minnesota, USA44° 33' 4" N94° 59' 3" W8.6km (5.4 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 1, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 28' 13" N94° 47' 12" W9.9km (6.1 miles)
Morton Pit (Ochs Clay-Redwood Pit), Redwood County, Minnesota, USA44° 32' 44" N95° 2' 30" W12.9km (8.0 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 2, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 25' 56" N94° 43' 14" W16.6km (10.3 miles)
Minnesota River Valley Clays Occurrence, Renville County, Minnesota, USA44° 37' 19" N95° 6' 39" W21.0km (13.1 miles)
Delhi Prospect, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA44° 37' 19" N95° 11' 44" W27.0km (16.8 miles)
Ochs Clay-Brown County Pit (Springfield Pit), Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 13' 11" N95° 0' 36" W35.8km (22.2 miles)
Brown County Clay Deposit No. 6, Brown County, Minnesota, USA44° 13' 9" N95° 0' 36" W35.9km (22.3 miles)
View Quarry, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA44° 40' 54" N95° 21' 15" W41.2km (25.6 miles)
Delano Granite Future Quarry (Delano Granite Works Inc), Redwood County, Minnesota, USA44° 40' 27" N95° 21' 33" W41.2km (25.6 miles)
Echo Quarry (Delano Granite Works Inc), Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA44° 40' 59" N95° 21' 59" W42.1km (26.2 miles)
New Ulm Quartzite Quarries (New Ulm Quarry; New Ulm Quartzite Quarries Inc), Nicollet County, Minnesota, USA44° 17' 13" N94° 24' 34" W46.0km (28.6 miles)
Granite Falls Prospect, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA44° 47' 57" N95° 32' 39" W60.5km (37.6 miles)
Green Quarry and Mill (Green Company), Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, USA44° 48' 41" N95° 33' 19" W61.9km (38.5 miles)
Arlington meteorite, Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA44° 36' 0" N94° 5' 59" W62.3km (38.7 miles)
Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA44° 36' 29" N94° 4' 49" W64.0km (39.8 miles)
High Island Creek meteorite, Arlington, Sibley County, Minnesota, USA44° 35' 45" N94° 1' 49" W67.8km (42.1 miles)
Cottonwood County Clay Deposit, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, USA43° 54' 9" N95° 3' 11" W70.9km (44.1 miles)
Blue Earth County Sand Bed Occurrence, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA44° 9' 59" N94° 4' 36" W75.5km (46.9 miles)
Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No. 1 (Ottawa Pit No. 1), Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 22' 4" N93° 57' 14" W75.7km (47.0 miles)
Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No. 2 (Ottawa Pit No. 2), Kasota Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 22' 1" N93° 56' 48" W76.3km (47.4 miles)
Gopher State Silica Pit, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 22' 1" N93° 56' 48" W76.3km (47.4 miles)
Caroline & Moses Quarry (Babcock Stone Company; Mankato Stone Center), Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 15' 48" N93° 59' 3" W77.1km (47.9 miles)
North Quarry (Vetter Stone Company), Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 15' 0" N93° 59' 7" W77.6km (48.2 miles)
Henry Komstz Pit (Komstz Construction Company), Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA44° 16' 14" N93° 58' 17" W77.7km (48.3 miles)

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
Minnesota River Domain, North America PlateDomain
Minnesota River Valley Terrane, Superior Craton, North America PlateCraton
USACountry
Minnesota, USAState
Renville County, Minnesota, USACounty
 
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