Rialto

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036340
MRDS ID M025119
Record type Site
Current site name Rialto
Alternate or previous names Blue Bird
Related records 10225563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.33505, 44.22426 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mckenzie(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 Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 004E 28 S OF S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN LINN COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.33505, 44.22426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 90
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN MATTER CONSISTS OF IRON-STAINED, BRECCIATED ATERED COUNTRY ROCK WITH SEAMS AND LENSES OF QUARTZ UP TO SIX FEET IN THICKNESS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blue River

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. 50 OR 60 TONS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MILLED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY FOUR TUNNELS WITH AN AGGREGATE LENGTH OF OVER 800 FT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED. 50 OR 60 TONS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 50

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON; A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 121

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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

Beyond USGS

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

External references