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Agate Beach Chromium Occurence

Occurrence in Coos 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033248
MRDS ID M015550
Record type Site
Current site name Agate Beach Chromium Occurence
Related records 10298562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.38508, 43.2598 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. N OF BANDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Arago(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
027S 014W 04 SW OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 , NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 6.6 % CR2O3 ON THE EST AND 4.3 % IN THE EAST

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.38508, 43.2598
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 792.48M
    Width 548.64M
    Depth to top 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Comments on development

  • RECONNAISSANCE EXPLORATION BY KROME CORPORATION AND HUMPHREYS GOLD CORPORATION IN 1942 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A. B., 1944 , CHROMITE - BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: US GS BULL. 945 - E, P. 132

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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