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Black Bear

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042669
MRDS ID M060557
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.6431, 42.36454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eight Dollar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 37S 08W 09 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.6431, 42.36454
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G., HOTZ, P. E., AND CATER, F. W., 1949, PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE KERBY QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 40, 23 P. (MAP SCALE 1:96,000)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1987 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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