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Skookum Claim

Past Producer in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036331
MRDS ID M025105
Record type Site
Current site name Skookum Claim
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Reef
Related records 10201134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2981, 44.60175 (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 14 S OF S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF A 15 FOOT WIDE VEIN ASSAYED 0.02 OZ/TON AU
Result TRACE AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS A BRECCIA UP TO 50 FEET IN WIDTH WHICH IS CEMENTED BY MASSIVE QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A RICH "POCKET" WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN FROM THIS PROPERTY.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS AND MORE THAN 600 LINEAL FEET OF TUNNELS A RICH POCKET WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN FROM THIS PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 108

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

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