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Quartzville

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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095815
MRDS ID MP00284
Record type Site
Current site name Quartzville
Alternate or previous names Placer Dome
Related records 10054832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.31588, 44.59925 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTHEAST OF QUARTZVILLE, Acc?

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 NE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS TAKEN FROM ODGMI'S MILOC FILE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.31588, 44.59925
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN, VEINS PRESUMED

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 National Forest
Area name In Willamette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Placer Dome, Inc.
    First year 1992

Comments on development

  • PLACER DOME DRILLED 10 HOLES AND DROPPED PROSPECT IN 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES MILOC FILE

  • Deposit

    HLADKY, F.R., 1993, MINING AND EXPLORATION IN OREGON DURING 1992: OREGON GEOLOGY, P. 27-34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-94 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Placer Dome, Inc. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2006)
    Acquired by Barrick Gold in 2006.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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