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Chetco Claim

Occurrence in Curry 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042972
MRDS ID M061362
Record type Site
Current site name Chetco Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.0945, 42.27593 (WGS84)
Elevation 561

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Craggies(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 012W 10 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 34% CR2O3 HIGH IRON CONTENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.0945, 42.27593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip 55N
    Length 45.72M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULL. 14-C, V. 1, 133 P

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RAMP SAYS SAME AS PINE CHROMITE BUT DESCRIPTION DOESDIFFER QUITE A BIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Mason, G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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

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