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Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills

Occurrence in Polk 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033278
MRDS ID M015582
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills
Related records 10128966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08425, 44.9623 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corvallis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007S 003W 17 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOW FLAT HILL N OF SALEM

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08425, 44.9623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GIBBSITE NODULES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FLOAT IN SOIL LIES DIRECTLY ON PINKISH WEATHERED BASALT WITH LITTLE OR NO INTERVENING LATERITIC HORIZON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NEGATIVE EVIDENCE SO FAR; MAY BE WORTH FURTHER INVESTIGATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORCORAN, R. E. AND LIBBEY, F. W., 1956 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POROUS GRANULAR VARIETY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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