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Tincup Group

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium, Nickel
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043243
MRDS ID M061816
Record type Site
Current site name Tincup Group
Related records 10152931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.91366, 42.31093 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tincup Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
037S 010W 32 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 15 TO 25 % MAGNETITE BY WEIGHT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result MAGNETIC CONCENTRATES ASSAYED ABOUT 60 % FE
Result 1.4 % TIO2, 0.18 % CR2O3 AND TRACE NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.91366, 42.31093
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE-GRAINED AND GRANULAR AGGREGATES OF MAGNETITE UP TO 0.75 INCHES IN DIAMETER ARE DISSEMINATED IN PYROXENITE AND SOME GABBRO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER MP00047 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00047.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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