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Esterley Chromite Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, PGE, Uranium
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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. 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 10201858
MRDS ID M060675
MAS/MILS ID 0410330383
Record type Site
Current site name Esterley Chromite Mine
Alternate or previous names Esterly Chromite Mine
Related records 10042731

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.62865, 42.07922 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 S 008 W 22 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.62865, 42.07922
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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 14-C, 1942,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 2, P. 196.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 150-151.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, 1975.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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