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Crouch

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098518
MRDS ID M061298
Record type Site
Current site name Crouch
Related records 10177231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.18948, 42.69676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1198

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)

Lower 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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 004W 16 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uvarovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ABOUT 45% CR2O3 WITH A 2.8 CR:FE RATIO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.18948, 42.69676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGER
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43. % Cr2o3, 10.5 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 11wt-pct
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 43wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NOTE: TYBO IN TEXT 4.3%; PART OF ORE FROM NEARBY OCCURRENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Mason, G U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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