The Great Northern is a gold and silver mine located in Linn county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Great Northern MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Northern
Secondary: North Star
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Linn
District: Blue River
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Willamette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): W 1/2
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS ABOUT 30 FT APART
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED LINEAL FEET OF TUNNELS AND RAISES.
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN CONSISTS OF BRECCIATED ANDESITE CONTAINING LENSES OF MASSIVE WHITE CALCITE AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 302
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 118
Oregon Gold
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