Twomile Creek Chromium Occurence

Occurrence in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033252
MRDS ID M015556
Record type Site
Current site name Twomile Creek Chromium Occurence
Related records 10225749

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.34702, 43.23008 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG BRANCHES OF NORTH FORK OF TWO MILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coos(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027S 014W 15 CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 4.04 AND 6.14 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.34702, 43.23008

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BROWN AND BLACK STAINED SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A. B., 1944 , CHROMITE-BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: USGS BULL. 945-E, P. 137

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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