| Deposit ID | 10109494 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025253 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kalamazoo Beach Placer |
| Related records | 10274513 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.39118, 42.61509 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Curry(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ophir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cape Blanco(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Curry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 034S | 014W | 20 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel | ||
| |||
| (1) | -124.39118, 42.61509 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025253 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410150100 |
RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, 79 P.
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1, P. 69
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BEACH PLACER |
| Deposit | LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE. REPORTEDLY THE MOST PRODUCTIVE BEACH PLACER IN CURRY COUNTY IN 1903. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.