Kendall Mine

Occurrence in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033254
MRDS ID M015558
Record type Site
Current site name Kendall Mine
Related records 10127773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.37702, 43.24536 (WGS84)
Relative position 10.5 MILES 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

Bullards(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
Willamette 027S 014W 08 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LINE BETWEEN NE 1/4 SEC 8 AND NW 1/4 SEC 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 8.1 PERCENT CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.37702, 43.24536

Economic information

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 the workings information

  • SLUICED-OUT PIT 100 FT. FROM EAST TO WEST, 30 FT. WIDE, AND 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A. B., 1944 , CHROMITE-BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: USGS BULL. 945-E, P. 141

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL HUMPHREYS GOLD CORPORATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY OF SAND, LYING AGAINST SEA CLIFF ON EAST, IS AT LEAST 100 FT. WIDE, AND 3 FT. THICK.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.