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The Lagoons

Occurrence in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033253
MRDS ID M015557
Record type Site
Current site name The Lagoons
Related records 10152946, 10127508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.3873, 43.18813 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Relative position 6 MI NORTH OF BANDON BY ROAD

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)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coos(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 Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027S 014W 32 NEAR CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS OUTLET OF CHROME LAKE ON CUT CREEK; IT IS PRESUMED ACCURATE WITHIN TERRACE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME LAYERS BARREN, OTHERS ALMOST 50% CHROMITE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.3873, 43.18813
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.75M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FILLED IN LAKE HAS A LAYER OF PEAT ACCUMULATED ON BOTTOM OF LAKE/LAGOON, ALL BUT WESTERN 500 FT FILLED WITH BARREN SAND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Humphreys Gold Corp.
    First year 1943

Comments on development

  • MINING OF TAILINGS WAS UNSUCCESSFUL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A.B., 1944, CHROMITE-BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-E, P. 140

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL W.P.A. CREW

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL HUMPHREYS GOLD CORPORATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD BEACH TERRACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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