| Deposit ID | 10068410 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W001464 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salem Hills Bauxite |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.04425, 44.84648 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SALEM, ORE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Marion(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sidney(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Marion |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 008S | 003W | 27 | SE OF NW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Aluminum Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Titanium, Metal Critical | Secondary |
| Lithium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gibbsite | Ore |
| Goethite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Halloysite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||
| Rock unit name | Salem-Stayton Lavas (Columbia River Basalts) | ||
| Rock description | Salem-Stayton Lavas (Columbia River Basalts) | ||
| |||
| (1) | -123.04425, 44.84648 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1945 |
| Discoverer | Oregon Dept. Geol. |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Reynolds |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W001464 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410470001 |
BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , 53 P.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1956, P. 19.
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, (N.D.), BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 46, 53 P.
1953 DIREXPL OREG. DEPT. GEOL
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AN AGGREGATE AREA OF 1200 ACRES IS UNDERLAIN WITH GIBBSITIC LATERITE WHICH HAS AN AVERAGE THICKNESS 14.4 FT. ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM 27 DRILL HOLES GAVE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 35 % AL2O3, 6.7 % SIO2, 31.5 % FE2O3, 6.5 % TIO2 AND 20.2 % L.O.I. |
| Deposit | RECORDS (W017080), (W002106), AND (US41002) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1973 | Patterson, Sam H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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