Big Creek Ilmenite

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium
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 10298355
MRDS ID W001341
MAS/MILS ID 0410410005
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Ilmenite
Alternate or previous names Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placr
Related records 10068336

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.05811, 44.6581 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newport(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Siletz-Yaquina(hydrologic unit)

Northern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010 S 011 W 32 SWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.05811, 44.6581

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 30, 1946.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-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.