Bandon Placer

Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10068338
MRDS ID W001343
Record type Site
Current site name Bandon Placer

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.41786, 43.08313 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bandon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sixes(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 Coos
United States Oregon Curry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Zircon Ore

Analytical data

Result CHROMITE PLUS ILMENITE UP TO 50%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.41786, 43.08313

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESOURCES UNKNOWN. ILMENITE PRESENT IN LARGE DEPOSITS WHICH CONTAIN CHROMITE. CHROMITE PLUS ILMENITE UP TO 50 PERCENT. SEPARATION DIFFICULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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