The Salem Hills Bauxite is a aluminum mine located in Marion county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Salem Hills Bauxite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salem Hills Bauxite
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Titanium, Metal
Secondary: Lithium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Marion
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Reynolds
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gibbsite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Halloysite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POTENTIAL RESOURCE CALCULATED FROM DATA IN CORCORAN AND LIBBEY, 1956. DEPOSITS - 6.5% TIO2
Comment (Deposit): AN AGGREGATE AREA OF 1200 ACRES IS UNDERLAIN WITH GIBBSITIC LATERITE WHICH HAS AN AVERAGE THICKNESS 14.4 FT. ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM 27 DRILL HOLES GAVE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 35 % AL2O3, 6.7 % SIO2, 31.5 % FE2O3, 6.5 % TIO2 AND 20.2 % L.O.I.
Comment (Deposit): RECORDS (W017080), (W002106), AND (US41002) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , 53 P.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1956, P. 19.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 DIREXPL OREG. DEPT. GEOL
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