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Lawler

Producer in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper
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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 10036332
MRDS ID M025106
Record type Site
Current site name Lawler
Related records 10153858

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.30755, 44.59148 (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 Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST OF THE ORE MINED WAS OXIDIZED AND SHOWED NO SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ankerite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.30755, 44.59148
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 75NE
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS A GOUGE AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA OF RHYOLITE, ANDESITE, AND TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MUNTZ (1978) INDICATES THAT THE LAWLER HAD AN UNREPORTED PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $500,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2000 FT OF WORKINGS ON FOUR LEVELS. STOPES EXTEND FROM THE MAIN LEVEL 155 FEET TO THE SURFACE MUNTZ (1978) INDICATES THAT THE LAWLER HAD AN UNREPORTED PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $500,000.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 295

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 101

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 107

  • Deposit

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

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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