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Hawaii Bauxite

Occurrence in Maui county in Hawaii, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068412
MRDS ID W001466
Record type Site
Current site name Hawaii Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.63088, 20.97967 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHERN PARTS OF EAST & WEST MAUI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maui(county)

Hawaii(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Napili(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kahului(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Maui SE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maui(hydrologic unit)

Maui(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maui(hydrologic subregion)

Hawaii(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Hawaii Maui

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A LOCATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF MAUI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.63088, 20.97967
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.57M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Depth Of Weathering

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maui

Comments on the production information

  • MANY MILLION TONS KAOLIN PRODUCED SMALL TONNAGE BAUX. MINED LAST 25 YEARS - REFRACTORY GRADE ONLY

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL POT RESOURCES: ITEM 1 - EAST MAUI (32% FE2O3, 6.9% TIO2. ITEM 2 - WEST MAUI (22% FE2O3, 4% TIO2
  • BAUXITE RESOURCES VERY SMALL. KAOLIN RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES VERY LARGE

Comments on the workings information

  • BAUXITE MINING INACTIVE 1972. DISTRICT CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR KAOLIN PRODUCER

Comments on development

  • U.S.B.M. WORK WAS ON METALLURGICAL PROBLEMS ; ECON.COM: LOW GRADE HIGH VALUE LAND

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

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