Lucille

Past Producer in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036327
MRDS ID M025099
Record type Site
Current site name Lucille
Alternate or previous names Snowstorm & Bell, Edson, Carbonate Group
Related records 10153323

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.3106, 44.60009 (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 22 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A FOUR INCH SEAM OF CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ ASSAYED 1.72 OZ/TON AU
Result 33.3 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.3106, 44.60009

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONE CONSISTS OF HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINLETS AND LOCALLY GOLD-BEARING IRON-STAINED GOUGE SEAMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND ABOUT 650 LINEAL FEET OF TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 106

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.P., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 111

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 296

  • Deposit

    MUNTS, S.R., 1978, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LINN COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS; 212 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE

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

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