Quartzville Creek — Linn County

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Quartzville Creek — Linn County

Gold Mining Site OR • Linn County County
Description
In Quartzville Creek and its tributaries there is abundant place colors and flakes. The BLM operates "The Quartzville Recreation Corridor" and this is a great place to learn how to gold mine. The operate a 19 mile section of Quartzville Creek that is closed to mineral entry, but it is open to recreational mining using pans, sluices, dredges, etc.. Contact BLM for more information. There were also many area mines in the past that were minor lode producers.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: linn_or.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Quartzville Creek. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. In Quartzville Creek and its tributaries there is abundant place colors and flakes. The BLM operates "The Quartzville Recreation Corridor" and this is a great place to learn how to gold mine. The operate a 19 mile section of Quartzville Creek that is closed to mineral entry, but it is open to recreational mining using pans, sluices, dredges, etc.. Contact BLM for more information. There were also many area mines in the past that were minor lode producers.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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