Winter Claim

Occurrence in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036323
MRDS ID M025095
Record type Site
Current site name Winter Claim
Alternate or previous names Newport
Related records 10225977

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.29338, 44.57425 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartzville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Santiam(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Willamette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Linn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 004E 26 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sardine Formation
    Rock description Sardine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.29338, 44.57425

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 27 FOOT WIDE OPEN CUT AND A 54 FOOT TUNNEL WITH A SHORT CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 108

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.