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Scappoose Iron

Producer in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodities Iron, Mineral Pigments
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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 10109499
MRDS ID M025348
Record type Site
Current site name Scappoose Iron
Alternate or previous names Ironcrest, Ladysmith, Bunker Hill, Hill
Related records 10225808, 10127622, 10152571, 10225257

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.90842, 45.79619 (WGS84)

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
Willamette 004N 002W 27 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SCAPPOSE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Mineral Pigments Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 45-50% FE
Result 0.03-0.17% S
Result 0.46-0.89% P
Result 4.91-6.89% SIO2
Result 2.27-7.81% 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) -122.90842, 45.79619
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOG IRON DEVELOPED IN DEPRESSIONS IN THE BASALT SURFACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1942
    Total resources 892000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 45 wt-pct Iron Major 1942

Comments on development

  • EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION BY USBM IN 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 BOG IRON

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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