Combs Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10033142
MRDS ID	M015101
Record type	Site
Current site name	Combs Prospect
Related records	10274215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-118.55105, 44.72402 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	010S	035E	06	SW	Oregon

Comments on the location information

SW 1/4 ; AT HEAD OF SALMON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-118.55105, 44.72402	ListMap

Ore body information

General form LENS

Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: ORE FOLLOWS A SEAM IN SERPENTINE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Greenhorn

Land status

Area name	Umatilla National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M015101
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410230267

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WESTGATE, U. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 55

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1976	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUL-1978	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries