The Foster is a gold mine located in Linn county, Oregon at an elevation of 600 feet.
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
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 44.41528, -122.66972
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Foster MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster
Secondary: Middle Fork Santiam River
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Oregon
County: Linn
District: Quartzville District
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $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)
Materials
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SANTIAM RIVER JUST BELOW DAM
Comment (Geology): DERIVED FROM GOLD DEPOSITS IN CASCADES VOLCANIC ROCKS?
References
Reference (Deposit): PARKS, H.M., AND SWARTLEY, A.M., 1916, HANDBOOK OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF OREGON: OREGON BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, P. 293-294.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1214.
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1912, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1911, PT. 1, P. 997.
Oregon Gold
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