Four Point

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098517
MRDS ID M061288
Record type Site
Current site name Four Point
Related records 10177262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.24893, 42.72565 (WGS84)
Elevation 937

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 005W 1 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3 ASSAYS RANGED FROM 37.10 - 45.10% CR2O3, 11.53 TO 12.58% FE, 5.70 - 9.60% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.24893, 42.72565

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW LENS
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 45 SE
    Length 218.72M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • FAIRLY HIGH IRON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 75, 106 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-848, 1977.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.G. AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS GEOL. MAP MF-848

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.