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Brown Scratch Claim

Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109315
MRDS ID M013478
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Scratch Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.75033, 42.38232 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2 N1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

York Butte(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
Willamette 37S 09W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.75033, 42.38232
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is A Thickly Disseminated To Massive Chromite In Altered Dunite

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS A BLOCKY TO SHEARED SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE WHICH VARIES IN COMPOSITION FROM OLIVINE-RICH SAXONITE TO DUNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois River

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 40 TONS REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 3 TUNNELS AND A BULLDOZER CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 52, P. 141

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey

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