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Salem Hills Bauxite

Prospect in Marion county in Oregon, 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10153190
MRDS ID WO01346
MAS/MILS ID 0410470001
Record type Site
Current site name Salem Hills Bauxite
Alternate or previous names Marion County Area, South Salem Hills, Rosedale Church Area, Entress Farm, Summer Place, George Veall Place

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.05839, 44.85791 (WGS84)
Elevation 222
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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
Willamette 008 S 003 W 28 SENWNE Oregon

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
Hematite Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.05839, 44.85791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 02N
    Thickness 5.9M
    Length 3000M
    Width 150M
    Area 300HA
    Depth to top 2M
    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 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N60W:02N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 300
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Mining district

District name Salem

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds Metals Co. See Comment
    Interest 66
    Home office Virginia
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Various Private Farms
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • REYNOLDS OWNS APPROX. 66 PERCENT OF THE RES. AREA.

Comments on the production information

  • MAJOR DRILLING PROGRAMS EXTENDED FROM 1958-1965

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 13600000mt ore
    Demonstrated 13600000mt ore
    Total resources 13600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 7.14 wt-pct Titanium Trace 0
    Aluminum Al2O3 36.02 wt-pct Aluminum Major 0
    Iron Fe2O3 32.49 wt-pct Iron Trace 0
    Silica SiO2 4.17 wt-pct Silica Trace 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX GRADES AND TONNES BASED ON WET TONNES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 300HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .72
    Percent Waste Rock 25
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 2
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 0
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 0
    Capacity 5372
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 2.33
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952,

  • Deposit

    P. 133-134.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENGTH AND WIDTH OF MINERALIZED ZONE NOT CONTINUOUS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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