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Agness Group

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043035
MRDS ID M061509
Record type Site
Current site name Agness Group
Related records 10225933, 10274158

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.06256, 42.51592 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agness(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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
035S 011W 30 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF AGNESS AND NORTH OF LAWSON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.06256, 42.51592
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW SEAMS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Serpentine With Greenstone, Schist, Sandstone, Or Dacite Porphyry Within 200 Yards Of The Deposits.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1941, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON (REVISED ED.): OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 9, 71 P

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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