Mine detail: Salem Hills Bauxite

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Location

Lat / long:

44.84648, -123.04425

Resource(M)

Primary:	Aluminum
Secondary:	Iron, Titanium, Metal, Lithium
Ore:	Gibbsite, Goethite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Halloysite
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1945

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Salem-Stayton Lavas (Columbia River Basalts)
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	W001464
DEP	10068410
Reference	{Deposit:: BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , 53 P.}{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1956, P. 19.}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, (N.D.), BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 46, 53 P.}{Deposit:: 1953 DIREXPL OREG. DEPT. GEOL}
Reporter	Patterson, Sam H., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.