Cox Canyon Chromite Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10200324
MRDS ID	M015549
MAS/MILS ID	0410110250
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cox Canyon Chromite Occurrence
Alternate or previous names	Cox Canyon Chromium
Related records	10033247

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-124.31339, 43.2673 (WGS84)
Elevation	46
Location accuracy	250(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	026 S	014 W	36	SWSW	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-124.31339, 43.2673	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Unknown

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410110250
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M015549	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 945-E, 1944, P. 129.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	26-JUN-92	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines