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Butler

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033262
MRDS ID M015566
Record type Site
Current site name Butler
Alternate or previous names Baker
Related records 10152343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.47063, 42.85481 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES N. OF PORT ORFORD, EAST OF HWY. 101

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sixes(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 031S 015W 27 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 8.5 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Plunge 5 DEG W
    Thickness 4.51M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 91.44M
    Depth to top 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OVERLYING MATERIAL IS SAND AND GRAVEL; CHROMIFEROUS SAND COATED WITH BROWN AND BLACK STAIN AND IS POORLY CEMENTED; SHALE BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Krome Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • APPROXIMATELY 70 % OF THE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT REMAINS

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT EXTENDING 700 FT IN NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION HAVING WIDTH OF 100 TO 200 FT.

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. 144

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL KROME CORPORATION

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL USGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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