Mine detail: Hawaii Bauxite

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Location: Maui County, Hawaii, United States, Oceania
Lat / long: 20.97967, -156.63088
dep_id: 10068412
mrds_id: W001466
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
ore_ctrl: Depth Of Weathering
Reporter: Patterson, Sam H.
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, 1971, USGS PROF PAPER 656
  • Deposit:: PATTERSON, S.H., 1971, HAWAII: INVESTIGATIONS OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES ON KAUAI AND A RECONNAISSANCE OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON MAUI, HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER P0656, 74 P.
  • Deposit:: 1958 OTHER U.S.B.M.
  • Deposit:: 1959 DIREXPL PATTERSON
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