Salem Hills Bauxite

The Salem Hills Bauxite is a aluminum mine located in Marion county, Oregon.

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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

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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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