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Historic gold producers in Marion County (USGS)

USGS records 10 historic gold producers in Marion County: 6 past producers and 4 listed as producers or plants. For 4 of them USGS gives an output size (4 small).

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Site	USGS status	Output	Commodities	Years
Blue Jay	Producer	small	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Capitol Claims	Producer	small	Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper	n/a
Ruth	Producer	small	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper	n/a
Santiam Copper Group	Producer	small	Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Bismuth	n/a
Ruth Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	from 1930
Blue Jay Mine	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	n/a
Bornite Project	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Gold	n/a
Capital Claims	Past producer	n/a	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead	n/a
Santiam Copper Mine	Past producer	n/a	Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Zinc	n/a
Shiny Rock Mining Co	Past producer	n/a	Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver	n/a

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. Sites already matched to an MSHA record are shown in the MSHA tables.

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