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Bauxite Scapoose - St Helens

Occurrence in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033273
MRDS ID M015577
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Scapoose - St Helens

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.83453, 45.7498 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sauvie Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Columbia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
003N 002W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PISOLITIC, DOLITIC

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Residual

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANICS - DO NOT HAVE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO PRESENT TOPOGRAPHY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., 1945 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. NO. 29 , P. 64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIBBSITIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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