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Bauxite Columbia County

Occurrence in Columbia 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036514
MRDS ID M025344
Record type Site
Current site name Bauxite Columbia County
Related records 10273884

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.91677, 45.88869 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trenholm(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 005N 001W 30 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • THE MOST EXTENSIVE DEPOSITS ARE ON THE RIDGES WEST OF ST HELENS AND COLUMBIA CITY IN TS. 4 AND 5 N., RS. 1 AND 2 W. CHANGED LONGITUDE FROM 122-46-51W TO 122-50- W ON 8/28/91. OLD LONG. PLOTTED IN WASHINGTON (COWLITZ COUNTY). LOCATION TAKEN FROM PROSPECT MARKED ON ST. HELENS 15' TOPO. T. 5 N., R 1 W., SEC. 29.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gibbsite Ore
Limonite Ore

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) -122.91677, 45.88869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE GRADING LESS THAN 30 % AL2O3 AND MORE THAN 10 % S1O2 NOT INCLUDED IN TONNAGE ESTIMATE

Comments on development

  • ALCOA AND REYNOLDS METALS CO. HAYE DRILLED AND SAMPLED PARTS OF THE LATERIZED AREAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGMI, 1951, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, NORTHWESTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 29-30.

  • Deposit

    HOOK, J.W., 1976, FERRUGINOUS BAUXITES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT 0-76-3

  • Reserve-Resource

    REYNOLDS METALS CO. VIA HOOK (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATERITE ZONE RANGES FROM 5 TO 30 FEET THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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

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