West Fork Illinois River

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Nickel
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 10225422
MRDS ID M015586
MAS/MILS ID 0410330578
Record type Site
Current site name West Fork Illinois River
Related records 10033282

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.74895, 42.05262 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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 040 S 009 W 27 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.74895, 42.05262

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 35-38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 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.