North Dakota Geological Survey

Sand Resources
(Proppant Potential)

 

Reports of Investigation

RI-132 Sandstones Of The Fox Hills and Hell Creek Formations In North Dakota: Proppant Testing and Characterization by Anderson, F.J., and Moxness, L.D., 2022.
RI-127 Evaluation of Windblown Sand Deposits in Eastern North Dakota for Potential Use as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., 2021.
RI-126 Evaluation of Windblown Sand Deposits in South-Central North Dakota for Potential Use as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., 2020.
RI-124 Evaluation of Windblown Sand Deposits in North-Central North Dakota for Potential as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., 2020.
RI-123 Evaluation of Eolian Sand Deposits in North and South-Central North Dakota for Potential Use as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., 2019.
RI-121 Evaluation of Tertiary (Paleocene) Bedrock Sandstone of the Sentinel Butte and Bullion Creek Formations for Potential Use as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., Moxness, L.D., Kruger, N.W., Murphy, E.C., and Maike, C.A., 2019.
RI-110 Investigation of Sand Resources in North Dakota: Sedimentological Characterization of Surficial Sand Deposits for Potential Use as Proppant by Anderson, F.J., 2011.
 

Geologic Investigations

GI-243 Mineralogy of Windblown Sand Deposits in McHenry County, North Dakota: Anderson, F.J., 2020. Available online.
GI-224 Windblown Sand Resources in the Denbigh Quadrangle by Anderson, F.J., 2020. Available online.
GI-218 Sieve Analysis of Selected Late-Cretaceous and Tertiary (Paleocene) Bedrock Sandstones in North Dakota for Potential use as Proppant, Anderson, F.J., Moxness, L.D., Kruger, E.W., Murphy, E.C., and Maike, C.A., 2019.
GI-216 The Potential of the Hazen-Stanton Dunes for use as Natural Sand Proppant, Anderson, F.J., 2019.
GI-207 Eolian Sands in North Dakota Evaluated for use as Natural Sand Proppant for Oil & Gas Wells, Anderson, F.J., 2018.
GI-197 Geomorphology of Dune Sand Resources in Western Pierce County, North Dakota, Anderson, F.J., 2016.
GI-190 Geomorphology of Dune Sand Resources in Southwestern Sargent County, North Dakota, Anderson, F.J., 2016.
GI-130 Locations of Sand and Gravel Sites in North Dakota, Anderson, F.J., 2010.
 

Surface Geology Maps

AS-4-A1 Surface Geology of the Souris River Map Area, by Mark L. Lord, 1988, 1 pl. (1:250,000). $3.00.
Plate I Bulletin 74 Geologic Map of McHenry County, 1982.
 

Miscellaneous Maps

MM-43 Eolian Sand in North Dakota, Anderson, F.J., 2018.
 

Geo News Articles

Mineralogy of the Hazen-Stanton Dunes, Anderson, F.J., Summer 2020.
In Basin Sand a Reality in North Dakota: Eolian Sand in McHenry County Produced for Proppant Use in the Williston Basin, Anderson, F.J., Winter 2020.
Central North Dakota’s Eolian Sands Evaluated as Potential Natural Proppant Sand Alternative, Anderson, F.J., Summer 2019.
Characteristics of Loess in North Dakota for Potential Use as Microproppant, Anderson, F.J., Winter 2019.
Evaluation of Eolian Sands in North Dakota for Proppant Use, Anderson, F.J., Summer 2018.
Sand and Gravel Resources Show Record Production in North Dakota, Anderson, F.J., Summer 2012.
Dunes on the Wind-Swept Prairie: North Dakota’s Eolian Sands, Anderson, F.J., Summer 2011.
Potential Use of North Dakota Sand and Clay for Natural and Manufactured Proppants, Anderson, F.J., Winter 2011.
 

Windblown Sand Deposit Maps

24K: Riga-s, Windblown Sand Deposits, Riga Quadrangle, North Dakota, 1:24,000, by Anderson, F.J., 2020.
24K: Dnbh-s, Eolian Sand Deposits, Denbigh Quadrangle, North Dakota, 1:24,000, by Anderson, F.J., 2019.

FS-ES1DQ Eolian Sand Resources in the Denbigh Quadrangle McHenry County, North Dakota, by Anderson, F.J., 2019.