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Santiam Copper Mine

Past Producer in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274167
MRDS ID M025288
MAS/MILS ID 0410470021
Record type Site
Current site name Santiam Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Northwest Copper Co., Lotz & Larsen, Rainbow, Lower Granger & Shio
Related records 10036474

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.25197, 44.85791 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 008 S 005 E 19 SW Oregon

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.25197, 44.85791
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 893, 1938, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952, P. 128

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 291.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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