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Hawaii Bauxite

Occurrence in Kauai 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068411
MRDS ID W001465
Record type Site
Current site name Hawaii Bauxite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.49981, 22.05376 (WGS84)
Relative position EASTERN PART OF KAUAI

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

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG VALUES FROM THE USGS NATIONAL ATLAS ARE FOR A CENTRAL LOCATION ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Koloa Volcanic Series
    Rock description Koloa Volcanic Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.49981, 22.05376
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Volcanic Shield (Island)

Ore body information

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

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 Kauai

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCE ALSO CONTAINS 4.7% SIO2, 39.4% FE2O3, 6.7% TIO2

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

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