The Salem Hills Bauxite is a aluminum mine located in Marion county, Oregon at an elevation of 728 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 728 Feet (222 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum
Lat, Long: 44.8581, -123.05720
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Salem Hills Bauxite MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salem Hills Bauxite
Secondary: Marion County Area
Secondary: South Salem Hills
Secondary: Rosedale Church Area
Secondary: Entress Farm
Secondary: Summer Place
Secondary: George Veall Place
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Water, Free
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Oregon
County: Marion
District: Salem
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
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Various Private Farms
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Reynolds Metals Co. See Comment
Percent: 66.00
Home Office: Virginia
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1945
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Gibbsite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): REYNOLDS OWNS APPROX. 66 PERCENT OF THE RES. AREA.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX GRADES AND TONNES BASED ON WET TONNES
Comment (Deposit): LENGTH AND WIDTH OF MINERALIZED ZONE NOT CONTINUOUS
Comment (Production): MAJOR DRILLING PROGRAMS EXTENDED FROM 1958-1965
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 46, 1956, P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): P. 133-134.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952,
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