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Lower Granger and Shilo

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036477
MRDS ID M025293
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Granger and Shilo
Alternate or previous names Part of the Santiam Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.25617, 44.87231 (WGS84)

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)

Opal Creek 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 008S 005E 18,19 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.25617, 44.87231
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHILO TUNNEL FOLLOWS A SEAM OF PYRITIC ALTERED ROCK WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE STRINGERS

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 900 FEET OF CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE WEST CASCADES IN OREGON; USBM BULL. 893, P. 97

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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