Mule Shoe Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033219
MRDS ID M015283
Record type Site
Current site name Mule Shoe Claim
Alternate or previous names Myrtle Creek
Related records 10128402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.76894, 42.33982 (WGS84)
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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 037S 009W 21 SE OF NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE1/4NW1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.76894, 42.33982

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DISSEMINATED CHROMITE EXPOSED IN A HIGHLY SERPENTINIZED CONTORTED HORIZON TRENDING NORTH IN BLOCKY, PARTLY SERPENTINIZED DUNITE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Central Illinois River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M015283
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410330476

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P.41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLOAT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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