Buckhorn Prospect

Past Producer in Douglas 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249347
MRDS ID M061216
MAS/MILS ID 0410190056
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Prospect
Related records 10109680

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.47616, 42.99512 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nickel Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 S 007 W 01 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961,

  • Deposit

    P. 119-120.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-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.