Hawaii · Kauai County
Occurrence
Hawaii Bauxite
Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Aluminum
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryAluminum
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBLANKET
Ore controlDepth Of Weathering
Materials
Ore mineralsBauxite, Gibbsite
GangueGoethite, Halloysite, Hematite, Magnetite
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Koloa Volcanic Series
Associated rockBasalt
StructureVolcanic Shield (Island)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
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References
PATTERSON, S. H., 1971, INVESTIGATIONS OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE AND OTHER MINERAL RESOURCES ON KAUAI AND A RECONNAISSANCE OF FERRUGINOUS BAUXITE DEPOSITS ON MAUI, HAWAII: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 656, P. 71958 OTHER U.S.B.M.U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 6561959 DIREXPL PATTERSON
Identification
Deposit ID10068411
MRDS IDW001465
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates22.05376, -159.49981
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.