Mine detail: Bauxite Columbia County

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Location: Columbia County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.88869, -122.91677
dep_id: 10036514
mrds_id: M025344
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum, Iron
Minor mineral: Titanium, Metal
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gibbsite, Limonite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR BLANKET
conc_proc: Leaching And Oxidation By Surficial Weathering
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Columbia River Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
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)
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