Mine detail: Hawaii Bauxite

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Location: Kauai County, Hawaii, United States, Oceania
Lat / long: 22.05376, -159.49981
dep_id: 10068411
mrds_id: W001465
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Aluminum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bauxite, Gibbsite
gangue: Goethite, Halloysite, Hematite, Magnetite
orebody_fm: BLANKET
conc_proc: Weathering Koloa Volcanic Series (Plio-Pleist.)
ore_ctrl: Depth Of Weathering
Reporter: Patterson, Sam H.
hrock_unit: Koloa Volcanic Series
hrock_type: Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
Structure: Volcanic Shield (Island)
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S. H., 1971, INVESTIGATIONS OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES ON KAUAI AND A RECONNAISSANCE OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON MAUI, HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 656, P. 7
  • Deposit:: 1958 OTHER U.S.B.M.
  • Deposit:: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 656
  • Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL PATTERSON
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