Chrome King

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042951
MRDS ID M061302
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome King
Related records 10153031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15948, 42.65038 (WGS84)
Elevation 762

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 004W 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result PANNED CONCENTRATE - 47.22% CR2O3, 12.20% FE
Result MASSIVE - FLOAT? 39.42% CR2O3, 11.85% FE & 44.45% CR2O3, 14.76% FE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.15948, 42.65038

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLOAT - 1 MASS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED EXTENSIVELY BY SMALL PITS & CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOT MUCH REAL INFORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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