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Wakefield - Fries Group

Occurrence 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 10095308
MRDS ID M025261
Record type Site
Current site name Wakefield - Fries Group
Alternate or previous names Mother Lode, Wakefield
Related records 10128249

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.31699, 44.60537 (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 15 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES ARE SCANTY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.31699, 44.60537
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONSIDERABLE WIDTH OF BRECCIATED COUNTRY ROCK CEMENTED BY QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 108

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO THE SNOWSTORM

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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