Eagle Mine Coquille

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033255
MRDS ID M015559
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mine Coquille
Alternate or previous names Norman
Related records 10249466

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.36286, 43.19758 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 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

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(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 28 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONLY SMALL AMOUNT OF CHROMITE FOUND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.36286, 43.19758

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W-S Mining

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 100 FT. DIAMETER AND 50 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

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.