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Chieftain Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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 10274558
MRDS ID M015529
MAS/MILS ID 0410190025
Record type Site
Current site name Chieftain Mine
Related records 10033233

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.08005, 43.03902 (WGS84)
Elevation 341
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

White Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(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 029 S 003 W 20 NESWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.08005, 43.03902
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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, 1940, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 121-122.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968,

  • Deposit

    P. 268-270.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1992 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.

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