Do Little Chrome

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043209
MRDS ID M061756
Record type Site
Current site name Do Little Chrome
Related records 10201551

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.76948, 42.02371 (WGS84)
Elevation 536

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
041S 009W 04 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.76948, 42.02371

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS TOO LOW GRADE TO BE OF COMMERCIAL VALUE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN PIT WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF "ORE" PILED ON DUMP (1940'S?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Unknown 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.