North Santiam Copper

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036478
MRDS ID M025294
Record type Site
Current site name North Santiam Copper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.23311, 44.85342 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Ax(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 005E 30 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Phyllic, Potassic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    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) -122.23311, 44.85342

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Tourmaline-Bearing Breccia Pipes

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amoco
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • CORE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWER, S.G. AND FIELD, C.W., 1981, THE GEOLOGY, MINERALIZATION AND METALLIZATION OF MINING DISTRICTS IN THE WESTERN CASCADES OF OREGON AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON; ODGMI SPECIAL PAPER, GMI-2

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

Beyond USGS

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