Iowa Mine

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Platinum
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10273923
MRDS ID M013535
MAS/MILS ID 0410110021
Record type Site
Current site name Iowa Mine
Related records 10032221

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.36979, 43.1056 (WGS84)
Elevation 37

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bill Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coos Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coos Bay(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 S 014 W 33 S2N2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Terrace, pediment, and lag gravels

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, 1963, V. 25, NO. 6, P. 102-103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references