Mine detail: Bauxite Dixie Mt

Previously called 'Hutchison-Nixon'

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Location: Washington County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.68147, -122.98203
dep_id: 10033272
mrds_id: M015576
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Iron, Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
gangue: Magnetite
orebody_fm: NODULAR OOCITIC
ore_ctrl: Weathering Residual
Reporter: Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Columbia River Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
References:
  • Deposit:: LIBBEY, F. W., 1945 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. NO. 29 , P. 64
  • Reserve-Resource:: ECON. GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , P. 258 .
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