Salem Hills Bauxite

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Lithium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068410
MRDS ID W001464
Record type Site
Current site name Salem Hills Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.04425, 44.84648 (WGS84)
Relative position SALEM, ORE.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
008S 003W 27 SE OF NW Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Halloysite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.04425, 44.84648

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Depth Of Weathering

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Oregon Dept. Geol.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCE CALCULATED FROM DATA IN CORCORAN AND LIBBEY, 1956. DEPOSITS - 6.5% TIO2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , 53 P.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1956, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    1953 DIREXPL OREG. DEPT. GEOL

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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