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Red Dog Van Gwyn Group

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032268
MRDS ID M013634
Record type Site
Current site name Red Dog Van Gwyn Group
Related records 10249349

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.74505, 42.39621 (WGS84)
Relative position W1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrome Ridge(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

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 009W 34 W Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.74505, 42.39621
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A CHROMITE LENS AS MUCH AS 6 FEET THICK THAT PINCHED RAPIDLY TO 6 INCHES OR LESS, OCCURRED IN A N-TRENCHING, STEEPLY DIPPING ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Illinois River

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 60 TONS PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TRENCHES AND BULLDOZER WORK. ABOUT 60 TONS PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 52, P. 141

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979, PLATE 2, NO. 213.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1994 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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