Shepard Mine

Prospect in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176924
MRDS ID M013523
MAS/MILS ID 0410110225
Record type Site
Current site name Shepard Mine
Alternate or previous names Shepard, Shepard Chromiferous Sand Deposit, Emery Olmstead Property, Fletcher-Meyers Property
Related records 10032212

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -124.36509, 43.2315 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coos(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 S 014 W 16 W2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -124.36509, 43.2315

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALDWIN, E. M. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF COOS

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, OREGON. OR DEPT. GEOL. AND MINERAL INDUST.

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 80, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A. B. CHROMITE-BEARING SANDS OF THE SOUTHERN PART

  • Deposit

    OF THE COAST OF OREGON. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-

  • Deposit

    E, 1945, P. 137-138.

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN, R. J. CHROMIFEROUS SAND DEPOSITS IN THE COOS

  • Deposit

    BAY AREA, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4001,

  • Deposit

    1947, P. 7-8.

  • Deposit

    HORNER, R. R. NOTES ON THE BLACK SAND DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    TECHNICAL PAPER 196, 1918, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    TWENHOFEL, W. H. ORIGIN OF THE BLACK SANDS OF THE COAST OF

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWEST OREGON. OR. DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUST. BULLETIN 24, 1943, P. 2, 9.

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MINERAL INDUST. OREGON METAL

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK, BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, VOL. 1, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-JUN-92 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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