Oregon Bauxite Deposit

Occurrence in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodities Aluminum, Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068340
MRDS ID W001345
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Bauxite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.08998, 45.93794 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nehalem River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nehalem(hydrologic unit)

Northern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Columbia
United States Oregon Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.08998, 45.93794

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBY 1946 ECON. GEOL. V. 41 P. 246

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-73 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.