Chromite Occurrence

Occurrence in Josephine 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
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10043324
MRDS ID	M062132
Record type	Site
Current site name	Chromite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.23893, 42.6001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wimer(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	034S	005W	24		Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	39.93 % CR2O3
Result	10.80 % FE

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.23893, 42.6001	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M062132
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410330568

Bibliographic references

Deposit

RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P. 13

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FLOAT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-AUG-1978	Smith, Roscoe M.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAR-1981	Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.)	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.