The Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer is a iron, titanium, metal, and chromium mine located in Lincoln county, Oregon at an elevation of 3 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3 Feet (1 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium
Lat, Long: 44.65833, -124.05694
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Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Creek-Yaquina Bay-Newport Placer
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Titanium, Metal
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lincoln
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: GREENSTONE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): .3 MM GRAIN SIZE
Comment (Production): TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TONS ILMENITE-CHROMITE CONCENTRATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TWENHOFEL 1946 ORE. DEP. GEOL. MIN. IND. BULL 30
Oregon Gold
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