Clackamas Mining and Milling Co.

Occurrence in Clackamas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048420
MRDS ID MP00002
Record type Site
Current site name Clackamas Mining and Milling Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.31145, 44.89398 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clackamas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rooster Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Molalla-Pudding(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clackamas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 004E 10 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF HENLINE MOUNTAIN NEAR OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE. LOCATED IN CENTER OF SECTION. ODGMI'S MILOC FILE GIVES LOCATION SLIGHTLY TO SOUTHWEST OF LOCATION GIVEN HERE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITIES AND ORE MINERALS ARE PRESUMED THE SAME AS AT OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sailicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.31145, 44.89398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION ARE PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE OGLE MOUNTAIN MINE. DACITIC DIKES AND PLUGS PRESENT IN DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Santiam

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Carleton
    First year 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1951, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-D, P. 118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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