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Greenhorn Prospect

Occurrence in Marion 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036501
MRDS ID M025325
Record type Site
Current site name Greenhorn Prospect
Related records 10178092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.12533, 44.73593 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Detroit(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 009S 006E 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE TOP OF THE RIDGE IN THE HEADWATERS OF MCKAY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUPPOSEDLY FREE MILLING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.12533, 44.73593
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name North Santiam

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Willamette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FOOT TUNNEL AND MANY OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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