Mine detail: Scappoose Iron

Previously called 'Colport-Charcoal Iron'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.77452, -122.92648

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M025347
DEP	10036516
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.