Applegate Prospect

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043199
MRDS ID M061739
Record type Site
Current site name Applegate Prospect
Related records 10142937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85252, 42.14177 (WGS84)
Elevation 853

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001W 29 S OF S OF S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAME AREA AS GLADE VIEW AND FIRST WATER GULCH PROSPECTS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85252, 42.14177

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PROSPECT, HIGH GRADE ORE BUT VERY LITTLE. NO ORE IN FACE OR WALLS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1918 RAN 45% CR2O3.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PROSPECT, HIGH GRADE ORE BUT VERY LITTLE. NO ORE IN FACE OR WALLS. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1918 RAN 45% CR2O3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) 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.