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Chrome Prospect

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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042853
MRDS ID M061083
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome Prospect
Alternate or previous names Grants Pass # 74

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.40115, 42.23676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kerby Peak(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 38S 06W 27 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CEN W 1/2

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.40115, 42.23676
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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 Little Applegate

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE COMPLETELY REMOVED, ABOUT 100 LBS (40%) ON DUMP (1939)

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1982 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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