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Washington Bauxite Dist.

Occurrence in Cowlitz county in Washington, United States with commodity Aluminum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068409
MRDS ID W001463
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Bauxite Dist.
Alternate or previous names Kelso-Cathlamet Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16789, 46.1998 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTRICT ALSO EXTENDS INTO WAHKAIKUM COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cowlitz(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Astoria(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 Washington Cowlitz

Comments on the location information

  • 1:250000 QUADRANGLE INFORMATION : NH 16-3 DOTHAN, ALA., GA., FLA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bauxite Ore
Gibbsite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 111
USGS model code 38b
Deposit model name Bauxite, laterite type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.16789, 46.1998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Depth Of Weathering

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Alcoa

Mining district

District name Kelso-Cathlamet

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reynolds

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL RESOURCES OF BAUXITE SMALL LARGE KAOLIN DEPOSITS MAY OCCUR IN AREA
  • POTENTIAL RESOURCE OF 70 MILLION TONS ESTIMATED - 10 FT. THICK OVER ASSUMED 2200 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V. E., JR., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE KELSO-CATHLAMET AREA, COWLITZ AND WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 54, P. 110

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP WASH. DIV. MIN. & GEOL

  • Reserve-Resource

    LIVINGSTON 1966, P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BAUXITE MINED FROM 4 PITS 1916-22 16000 TONS PRODUCED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 12-JUN-1995 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey ADDED MODEL NAME. CORRECTED LONGITUDE TO BE 123W RATHER THAN 023W
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Patterson, Sam H. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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