Mine detail: Scappoose Iron

Previously called 'IroncrestLadysmithBunker Hill'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.79619, -122.90842

Resource(B)

Primary:	Iron, Mineral Pigments
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Host type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M025348
DEP	10109499
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.