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Five Mile Point

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 10033257
MRDS ID M015561
Record type Site
Current site name Five Mile Point
Related records 10240406

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.39591, 43.22119 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027S 014W 17 SW OF SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR COMMON CORNER OF SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result NONE OF 11 SAMPLES ASSAYED MORE THAN 2.5 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.39591, 43.22119
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M
    Length 609.6M
    Depth to top 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNCONSOLIDATED LAYER OF BLACK AND GRAY SAND, COVERED BY BUFF AND IRON - STAINED BARREN SAND; USUALLY SEPARATED BY SEVERAL FT OF SAND AND GRAVEL FROM UNDERLYING UNEVEN SHALE AND SANDSTONE BEDROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beach Area

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. 142

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 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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