The Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills is a aluminum, titanium, metal, and iron mine located in Polk county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Iron
Lat, Long: 44.9625, -123.08306
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Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bauxite Chapman and Eola Hills
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Oregon
County: Polk
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: GIBBSITE NODULES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gibbsite
Ore: Bauxite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): POROUS GRANULAR VARIETY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FLOAT IN SOIL LIES DIRECTLY ON PINKISH WEATHERED BASALT WITH LITTLE OR NO INTERVENING LATERITIC HORIZON.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NEGATIVE EVIDENCE SO FAR; MAY BE WORTH FURTHER INVESTIGATION
Comment (Location): LOW FLAT HILL N OF SALEM
References
Reference (Deposit): CORCORAN, R. E. AND LIBBEY, F. W., 1956 , FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS IN SALEM HILLS, MARION COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 46 , P. 28
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