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Black Eagle

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036461
MRDS ID M025269
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle
Related records 10274452

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.27284, 44.86314 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North 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 Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 004E 24 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.27284, 44.86314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 80-90 N
    Length 25.91M
    Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATERIAL IS A SILICIFIED ANDESITE BRECCIA CEMENTED BY QUARTZ AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH LITTLE PYRITE AND GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Santiam

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NEARLY 1000 FEET OF WORKINGS WITH 400 FEET OF DRIFT ON A VEIN WITH A 20 FOOT STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 116

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 90

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 288

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS AND STREAKS.

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

Beyond USGS

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

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