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Bauxite Yamhill

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033276
MRDS ID M015580
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Yamhill
Related records 10274953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16314, 45.35202 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yamhill(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carlton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yamhill River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yamhill(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Yamhill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002S 004W 34 Oregon

Commodities

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

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) -123.16314, 45.35202
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Residual

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCUR AT SURFACE OF PRESENT TOPOGRAPHY - WHICH IS RESULTANT OF PORTLAND HILLS ANTICLINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLES AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., 1945 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. NO. 29 , P. 64

  • Deposit

    FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE FOUND IN CHEHALEM HILLS: ODGMI ORE BIN, VOL. 23 , NO. 12 , 1961 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OOLITIC

Reporter information

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

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