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Kauai Deposits

Prospect in Kauai county in Hawaii, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144218
MAS/MILS ID 0150070001
Record type Site
Current site name Kauai Deposits
Alternate or previous names Southeastern Kauai, Waialeale Deposits, Southeast Kauai Deposit, East Central Kauai Deposit, See 0150070002, See 0150070003, Northeast Kauai Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -159.50228, 22.07404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1569

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kauai(county)

Hawaii(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waialeale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kauai(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kauai NE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kauai(hydrologic unit)

Kauai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kauai(hydrologic subregion)

Hawaii(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Hawaii Kauai

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Halloysite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -159.50228, 22.07404
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.5M
    Length 4572M
    Width 1524M
    Area 700HA
    Depth to top 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 700
    Date of Last Modification 800807

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1949

Mining district

District name Kauai

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grove Farm
    Interest 72
    Home office Hawaii
    Year 1974
  • Type Owner
    Owner Knudsen Estate
    Interest 28
    Home office Hawaii
    Year 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 700HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 0
    Capacity 8890
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.64
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, A. T. OCCURENCE OF GIBBSITE ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI

  • Deposit

    , HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ECON. GEOL., V.53, 1958, PP.842-853

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, V. T. AND G. D. SHERMAN. GENESIS OF HAWAIIAN BAUXITE.

  • Deposit

    ECON GEOL., V.60, 1965, PP. 89-99.

  • Deposit

    BLAKE, H.E., O. C. FURSMAN, A.D. FUGATE, AND L. H. BANNING

  • Deposit

    ADAPTATION OF THE PEDERSON PROCESS TO THE FERRUGINOUS

  • Deposit

    BAUXITE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. BUMINES RI 6939, 1967

  • Deposit

    21 PP.

  • Deposit

    CALHOUN, W.A., AND T.E. HILL, JR. METALLURGICAL TESTING

  • Deposit

    OF HAWAIIAN FERRUGINOUS BAUXITES--CONCLUDING REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 6944, 1966, 37 PP.

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J.B. BAUXITE DEPOSITS OF HAWAII, MAUI AND KAUAI,

  • Deposit

    TERRITORY OF HAWAII--A PRELIMINARY REPORT. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT., 1958, 72 PP.

  • Deposit

    CLINE, M.G., AND OTHERS. SOIL SURVEY OF THE TERRITORY OF

  • Deposit

    HAWAII. U.S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, SOIL SURVEY SERIES

  • Deposit

    1939, NO. 25, 1955, 644 PP.

  • Deposit

    HOOKE, J.W. FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES OPEN FILE

  • Deposit

    REPT. 0-76-3, 1975, 29 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCNEILL, M. ELECTRICITY, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, AND ELECTROLYTIC

  • Deposit

    PROCESS. METALS ENG. INSTITUTE, THE AM. SOC. FOR METALS

  • Deposit

    CIL 8, 1968, 28 PP.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, JAN, AND ASKE IRGENS. ALUMINA PRODUCTION BY THE

  • Deposit

    PEDERSON PROCESS--HISTORY AND FUTURE. AIME PAPER

  • Deposit

    NO. 4 74-72, 1974, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H. INVESTIGATIONS OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE AND

  • Deposit

    OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES ON KAUAI AND A RECONNAISSANCE O

  • Deposit

    FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON MAUI, HAWAII. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 656, 1971, 74 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERS, F.A., P.W. JOHNSON. REVISED AND UPDATED COST

  • Deposit

    ESTIMATES FOR PRODUCING ALUMINA FROM DOMESTIC

  • Deposit

    RAW MATERIALS. BUMINES IC 8648, 1974, 51 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERS, F.A. AND R.C. KIRBY. A COST ESTIMATE OF THE BAYER

  • Deposit

    PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINA. BUMINES RI 6730,

  • Deposit

    1966, 23 PP.

  • Deposit

    PLUCKNETT, D.L. ROOT GROWTH IN BAUXITE SOILS. HAWAII AGR.

  • Deposit

    EXPT. STA., HAWAII FARM SCI., V. 10, NO. 1, 1961, PP. 8

  • Deposit

    SHERMAN, G.D. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATERIT

  • Deposit

    AND LATERITE SOILS IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. PACICIC SCI

  • Deposit

    V. 3, 1949, PP. 307-314.

  • Deposit

    STECKLEY, R.C. UPDATED COSTS FOR BAYER PLANT. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    INTRA-AGENCY MEMO, 1975, 3 PP.

  • Deposit

    STEARNS, H.T. GEOLOGY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. HAWAII

  • Deposit

    STATE BULL. 8, 1967, 112 PP.

  • Deposit

    STROUD, R.B., AND OTHERS. MINERAL RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES

  • Deposit

    OF ARKANSAS. BUMINES BULL. 645, 1969, 418 PP.

  • Deposit

    TAKAHASHI, MAKOTO, J.C. MOOMAW, AND G.D. SHERMAN. CROP

  • Deposit

    PRODUCTION TRIALS ON STRIP-MINED FLOOR SOIL SHOW

  • Deposit

    PROMISE. HAWAII AGR. EXPT. STA., HAWAII FARM SCI.,

  • Deposit

    V. 10, NO. 1, 1961, PP.2-5.

  • Deposit

    TAMURA, TSUNES, M.L. JACKSON, AND G.D. SHERMAN. MINERAL

  • Deposit

    CONTENT OF LOW HUMIC, HUMIC AND HYDROL HUMIC

  • Deposit

    LATOSOILS OF HAWAII. SOIL. SCI. SOC. AM. PROC., V. 17,

  • Deposit

    NO. 4, 1953, PP. 343-346.

  • Deposit

    WENTWORTH, C.K., R.C. WELLS, AND V.T. ALLEN. CERAMIC CLAY

  • Deposit

    IN HAWAII. AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 25, 1940, PP. 1-33.

  • Deposit

    WOUDT, B.D., VAN'T. EROSION CONTROL OF STRIP-MINED LAND.

  • Deposit

    HAWAII AGR. EXPT. STA., HAWAII FARM SCI., V. 10, NO.

  • Deposit

    1, 1961, PP. 10-11.

  • Deposit

    YOUNGE, O.R. FERTILITY REQUIREMENTS OF BAUXITE STRIPSOIL

  • Deposit

    FOR CROP PRODUCTION. HAWAII AGR. EXPT. STA., HAWAII

  • Deposit

    FARM SCI., V. 10, NO. 1, 1961, PP. 6-8.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS CONTROLLED BY TOPOGRAPHY AND BEDROCK. THE BAUXITE ON THE SOUTH-HALF OF KILOHANA CONE IS FOUND IN AN AREA 3 BY 8 KM. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE FOUND TO THE SOUTHWEST. AT LEAST 25 % OF THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY BAUXITES. THE BENEFICIATION METHOD IS THE BAYER PROCESS. THE PRODUCT IS ALUMINA. PEDERSON PLANT COSTS WILL BE EVALUATED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE. MATRIX GRADES AND TONNAGES ARE BASED ON WET TONNES. THE ATTITUDE OF THE ORE BODY IS NOT APPLICABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-1992 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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