Scapoose-St. Helens Bauxite

Occurrence in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Titanium
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. 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 10274476
MAS/MILS ID 0410090146
Record type Site
Current site name Scapoose-St. Helens Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.8345, 45.7498 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sauvie Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Columbia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003 N 002 W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvial deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 29, 1945, P. 64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-FEB-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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