Hubbard Mound Beach

Occurrence in Curry 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. 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 10033263
MRDS ID M015567
Record type Site
Current site name Hubbard Mound Beach
Related records 10225645

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.42285, 42.47592 (WGS84)
Relative position 1000 FT S. OF HUBBARD MOUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 015W 12 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SEC. 12 , ON BEACH FRONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 6.53 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.42285, 42.47592

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERNATING LAYERS OF BLACK AND BROWN SAND.

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. 145

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

Beyond USGS

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