Foster

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

Name: Foster  

State:  Oregon

County:  Linn

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.


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