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Horseshoe Claims

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032358
MRDS ID M013848
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe Claims
Related records 10152834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85169, 42.12539 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 001W 05 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85169, 42.12539
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY 45 TONS MINED AND 50 TONS IN SIGHT IN 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SHORT ADIT REPORTEDLY 45 TONS MINED AND 50 TONS IN SIGHT IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P. 90

  • Deposit

    DILLER, J.S., CHROMITE IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON; USGS BULL. 725

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1974, UNPUBLISHED DATA

  • Production

    RAMP, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M061182) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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