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Scappoose Iron

Occurrence in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036516
MRDS ID M025347
Record type Site
Current site name Scappoose Iron
Alternate or previous names Colport-Charcoal Iron
Related records 10153017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.92648, 45.77452 (WGS84)
Relative position TWO MILES WEST OF SCAPPOOSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chapman(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
003N 002W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 48.4% FE
Result 0.028% S
Result 0.774% P
Result 5.05% SIO2
Result 4.53% AL203

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) -122.92648, 45.77452
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 4.27M
    Depth to top 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOG IRON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1951
    Total resources 907000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Major 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND DRILL HOLES

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION BY USBM (1942)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 31

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., 1953, LIMONITE DEPOSITS NEAR SCAPPOOSE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 982-C, PP. 75-93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUR SEPARATE BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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