Raphine Bauxite & Kaolin

Occurrence in Augusta county in Virginia, United States with commodity Aluminum
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 10068421
MRDS ID W001477
Record type Site
Current site name Raphine Bauxite & Kaolin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -79.25753, 37.96811 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Augusta(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brownsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Buena Vista(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roanoke(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Shenandoah(hydrologic unit)

Potomac(hydrologic accounting unit)

Potomac(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Augusta

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY MINOR BAUXITE OCCURRENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -79.25753, 37.96811

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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