Bauxite Kalama-Rainer

Occurrence in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033271
MRDS ID M015575
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Kalama-Rainer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.97899, 46.07202 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Clatskanie(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(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
007N 002W 19 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1953 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE DATA IN REFERENCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.97899, 46.07202

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OOLITIC

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Residual

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., 1945 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. NO. 29 , P. 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POROUS, GRANULAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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