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Chrome Occurrence

Occurrence in Baker 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036674
MRDS ID M025566
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome Occurrence
Related records 10152783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40491, 44.7693 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glasgow Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 043E 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 43.3% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40491, 44.7693
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sparta

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Culley Trickel
    First year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROTSKA, H.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE SPARTA QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-1

  • Deposit

    ASSAYS ON FILE AT ODGMI BAKER FIELD OFFICE, BAKER, OR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION ONLY. NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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

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