Mine detail: Foster

Previously called 'Middle Fork Santiam River'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.41509, -122.67089

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Ore: Gold, Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite, Magnetite
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Associated type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM045459
DEP10038165
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.}{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.}{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.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.