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Otter Point Beach

Occurrence in Curry 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 10033264
MRDS ID M015568
Record type Site
Current site name Otter Point Beach
Related records 10128905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.42201, 42.45925 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST N. OF OTTER PT.

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)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036S 015W 13 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SEC. 13; (6/27/91: NW 1/4 OF SEC. 13 IS OFF THE COAST, SO I HAVE MOVED THE LOCATION TO PLOT ON THE BEACH; ORIGINAL WAS 42-30-34N AND 124-25-33W; NEW LAT AND LONG ARE ESTIMATED)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 3.6 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.42201, 42.45925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 10.67M

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-JUN-1991 Johnson, Kathleen M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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