Dragon Tail

Occurrence in Jackson 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042943
MRDS ID M061292
Record type Site
Current site name Dragon Tail
Related records 10298513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.20226, 42.7101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 004W 08 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.20226, 42.7101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLOAT

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BECAUSE OF CONSIDERABLE FLOAT, OVER - BURDEN BRUSH, THE ROCK FORMATIONS ARE INDISTINCT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT SEEN IN PLACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Mason, G U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.