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Russell - Ritter Mine

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Manganese
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036472
MRDS ID M025285
Record type Site
Current site name Russell - Ritter Mine
Alternate or previous names Humbug
Related records 10178022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.08033, 44.8251 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mother Lode Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clackamas(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)

Bull of the Woods Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009S 005E 04 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ODGMI VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.16 OZ/TON AU
Result 0.18 % MN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.08033, 44.8251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20-25 W
    Dip 60-65 SW
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN MATERIAL IS A RHYOLITE - QUARTZ BRECCIA CEMENTED BY SOFT SILICEOUS MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Santiam

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 176 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT IN TWO TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • EQUIPPED WITH 20 TON/DAY MILL IN 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS

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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