Halfway Claim

Prospect in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Silver
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 10274591
MAS/MILS ID 0410150316
Record type Site
Current site name Halfway Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.88711, 42.12642 (WGS84)
Elevation 1110
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

Chetco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 039 S 010 W 33 S2S2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE WEST OF DOE GAP ON THE CHETCO DIVIDE TRAIL. BY FOOT ON SMITH RIVER TRAIL (NO. 1233) OR CHETCO PEAK TRAIL (NO. 1210).
  • Longitude decimal degrees value was -87, about 36 degrees off. Used DMS coordinates which fall in the correct county.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.88711, 42.12642

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAR-97 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 25-JUN-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long DMS vs DD disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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