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Burrow Prospect

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095672
MRDS ID M061709
Record type Site
Current site name Burrow Prospect
Related records 10274527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.55255, 42.52038 (WGS84)
Elevation 884

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galice(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035S 007W 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 49.4% CR2O3, 18.5% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.55255, 42.52038
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1939?

Mining district

District name Galice

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED. "BUSHEL BASKET".

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED. BUSHEL BASKET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PINCHED OUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1994 Unknown 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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