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Worlds Fair Claim

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036455
MRDS ID M025260
Record type Site
Current site name Worlds Fair Claim
Alternate or previous names Wire Gold

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.30005, 44.59009 (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 23 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE GULCH SOUTH OF THE TILLICUM CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.30005, 44.59009
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NOT VERIFIED

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT PRODUCTION NOT VERIFIED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY NOT VISITED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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