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Cheeney Creek Prospects

Producer in Clackamas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109498
MRDS ID M025327
Record type Site
Current site name Cheeney Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Salmon Creek
Related records 10225155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.97839, 45.29481 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clackamas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhododendron(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

The Dalles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Hood National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Clackamas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 007E 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.97839, 45.29481
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W N22E
    Dip 59SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Mt. Hood National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 48 OZ OF PLACER GOLD REPORTED FROM THIS AREA

Comments on the workings information

  • 85 FOOT TUNNEL AND SHALLOW PITS. 48 OZ OF PLACER GOLD REPORTED FROM THIS AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SETS OF INTERSECTING FRACTURES

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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