West Maui

Occurrence in Hawaii, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022562
MRDS ID DE03165
Record type Site
Current site name West Maui

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.30755, 20.78386 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maui(county)

Hawaii(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kilohana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kahului(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Maui SE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maui(hydrologic unit)

Maui(hydrologic accounting unit)

Maui(hydrologic subregion)

Hawaii(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Hawaii

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.30755, 20.78386

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1967, BAUXITE RESERVES AND POTENTIAL ALUMINUM RESOURCES OF THE WORLD: USGS BULL. 1228, 176 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-95 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 11-AUG-11 Causey, J Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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