Mine detail: Scappoose Iron

Previously called 'Colport-Charcoal Iron'

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Location: Columbia County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.77452, -122.92648
dep_id: 10036516
mrds_id: M025347
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_unit: Columbia River Basalt
hrock_type: Basalt
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
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