Althouse

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032306
MRDS ID	M013730
Record type	Site
Current site name	Althouse
Related records	10274470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.50893, 42.07926 (WGS84)
Relative position	NE1/4
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	040S	007W	22	NE	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

MASSIVE ORE CONTAINS 45-52% CHROMIC OXIDE AND 11-12% IRON.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.50893, 42.07926	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Waldo

Land status

Area name	Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

SHIPPED 19 TONS OF SELECTED HIGH GRADE MASSIVE ORE IN 1952.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M013730
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410330602

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ODGMI BULL. 52, P. 161

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1974	Lee, W	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries