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Red Buck

Occurrence in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036341
MRDS ID M025120
Record type Site
Current site name Red Buck
Related records 10280955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.35949, 44.23065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(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)

Upper Willamette(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 015S 004E 29 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.35949, 44.23065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS WITHOUT DEFINATE WALLS AND CONSISTS OF IRON-STAINED AND BRECCIATED ALTERED TUFF CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.

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 National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY OPEN CUTS AND ONE 145 FT DRIFT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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

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