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Whale Claim

Occurrence in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities 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. 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 10036454
MRDS ID M025259
Record type Site
Current site name Whale Claim
Related records 10153361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.30199, 44.59953 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

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 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Sardine
    Rock description Sardine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED RHYOLITE BRECCIA WITH QUARTZ, CLAY, AND SCATTERED SULFIDES.

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 Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951; ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 108

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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