| Deposit ID | 10109496 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025287 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Jay |
| Alternate or previous names | Part of the Ruth Group |
| Related records | 10298196 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.17922, 44.85481 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Marion |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008S | 005E | 27 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sardine | ||||
| Rock description | Sardine | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -122.17922, 44.85481 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | North Santiam |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Willamette National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shiney Rock Min. Co. |
| Home office | Mehama, Or. |
| First year | 1981 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025287 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410470058 |
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 127
| 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 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.