Rogue River Beaches

Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10110458
MRDS ID	W017061
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rogue River Beaches
Related records	10249523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.41785, 42.41648 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(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	Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	036S	015W	13		Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	1.12 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.41785, 42.41648	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

BEACH SEEMS STABLE, REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE ACTIVE BEACH IN LATE PART OF NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Medium
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Beach Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W017061
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410150247

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GRIGGS, A. B., 1944 , CHROMITE-BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: USGS BULL. 945 - E, P. 147 - 148

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JAN-1976	Weeks, Robert	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JAN-1979	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)	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.