Foster

Producer in Linn county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Metal
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038165
MRDS ID M045459
Record type Site
Current site name Foster
Alternate or previous names Middle Fork Santiam River
Related records 10250798

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67089, 44.41509 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Relative position 4 MI EAST OF SWEET HOME, DIRECTLY NORTH OF FOSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Linn(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweet Home(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie 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

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Linn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 001E 27 NE4 OF NW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER JUST BELOW DAM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $53.74/TON AU, $105.60/TON PT OF CONCENTRATES (RECALCULATES TO AU=2.60 OZ/TON (89 PPM), PT=3.52 OZ/TON (120 PPM) OF CONCENTRATES)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67089, 44.41509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • DERIVED FROM GOLD DEPOSITS IN CASCADES VOLCANIC ROCKS?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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