Merchants Beach Chromite Occurrence

Occurrence in Coos 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225304
MRDS ID M015571
MAS/MILS ID 0410110257
Record type Site
Current site name Merchants Beach Chromite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Merchants Beach Chromium
Related records 10033267, 10274060

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.39179, 43.2359 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullards(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 S 014 W 17 N2NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.39179, 43.2359

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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