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Rock Creek No 1

Producer in Coos 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109703
MRDS ID M061511
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek No 1
Related records 10128096, 10225416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.13618, 42.67981 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 012W 33 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.13618, 42.67981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT LYING IRREGULAR ZONE OF CRUSHED CHROMITE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 44wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^48. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct
  • Year 1959
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 52, 1961, P. 111.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 80, 1973, P. 52.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LANDSLIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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

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