Section 5 Chromium Occurrence

Occurrence in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10033266
MRDS ID	M015570
Record type	Site
Current site name	Section 5 Chromium Occurrence
Related records	10225212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.38647, 43.25591 (WGS84)
Relative position	AT MOUTH OF THREE MILE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cape Arago(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	05	NE	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	ASSAYED 7.7 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.38647, 43.25591	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 0.91M

Length 487.68M

Width 22.86M

Thickness	0.91M
Length	487.68M
Width	22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

ALTERNATING THIN LAYERS OF BLACK AND GRAY SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Beach Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M015570
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410110256

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GRIGGS, A. B., 1944 , CHROMITE - BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COAST OF OREGON: USGS BULL. 945 - E, P. 146 - 147

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

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