Lawler

The Lawler is a silver and gold 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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Site Name

Primary: Lawler

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Oregon
County: Linn
District: Quartzville

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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1861
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: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Production): MUNTZ (1978) INDICATES THAT THE LAWLER HAD AN UNREPORTED PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $500,000.

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2000 FT OF WORKINGS ON FOUR LEVELS. STOPES EXTEND FROM THE MAIN LEVEL 155 FEET TO THE SURFACE MUNTZ (1978) INDICATES THAT THE LAWLER HAD AN UNREPORTED PRODUCTION IN EXCESS OF $500,000.

Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS A GOUGE AND QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA OF RHYOLITE, ANDESITE, AND TUFF.

Comment (Commodity): MOST OF THE ORE MINED WAS OXIDIZED AND SHOWED NO SULFIDES.

References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 295

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 101

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 107

Reference (Deposit): MUNTZ, S.R., 1978, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE QUARTZVILLE MINING DISTRICT, LINN COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS; 212 PP.

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