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Oswego Iron Mine

Past Producer in Clackamas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103531
MRDS ID M025346
Record type Site
Current site name Oswego Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Prosser
Related records 10224475

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69202, 45.41759 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN LAKE OSWEGO CITY LIMITS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clackamas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Oswego(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oregon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clackamas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002S 001E 8 N2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH POPULATION DENSITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 30-40% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69202, 45.41759
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N15E
    Dip 20
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 804.65M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1894

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • FIRST IRON BLAST FURNACE ON THE PACIFIC COAST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 22

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BOG IRON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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