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Sourdough Baldface Mine

Past Producer in Curry 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176978
MRDS ID M060684
MAS/MILS ID 0410150014
Record type Site
Current site name Sourdough Baldface Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Cub #1, Black Cub #2
Related records 10042735

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.95036, 42.04062 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 011 W 36 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN T 41S, R 11W, SEC 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.95036, 42.04062
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-P, 1940, P. 475.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961, P. 94-95

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUL-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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