Oregon Historical Mining Information - Commodities Archives

Commodities Records

The digital records available here are scans of the literature originally found in DOGAMI published and unpublished hardcopy holdings. Scans have been combined into single PDFs that may include maps, letters, news clippings, photographs, and reports.

This digital archive is evolving. Please contact us if you have suggestions or find errors. The valiant scanning persistance of Tomas Benson is gratefully acknowledged.

Disclaimer: Respect the rights of private property owners. Understand that recreation in or around inactive mine sites is extremely dangerous and can result in serious injury or death. Stay out and stay alive! No warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Program Contact:
Clark Niewendorp
Industrial Minerals Geologist
800 NE Oregon St. #28, Ste. 965
Portland, OR 97232

Click on a commodity link to see a PDF of digital scans of DOGAMI library information for that commodity. Note that PDF files for some commodities have been broken into parts due to the large volume of information.	PDF File Size
Abrasives	36027 KB
Aggregate	8384 KB
Aluminum	25176 KB
Asbestos	50485 KB
Barite	1029 KB
Basalt	5507 KB
Bauxite	261463 KB
Bentonite	31087 KB
Black Sand	22356 KB
Borax	2171 KB
Cadmium	449 KB
Calcite	79980 KB
Cement	1988 KB
Ceramics	3400 KB
Chrome	42063 KB
Coal	136947 KB
Cobalt	488 KB
Copper	28644 KB
Diatomite	11581 KB
Ferroalloy	874 KB
Fluorine	730 KB
Fossils	24292 KB
Foundry Sand	35223 KB
Gemstones	19608 KB
Geothermal	2469 KB
Germanium and Galladium	5995 KB
Gold	127588 KB
Graphite	1121 KB
Groundwater	4983 KB
Gypsum	4792 KB
Industrial Minerals	8085 KB
Iron	109802 KB
Josephinite	6341 KB
Lazulite	3409 KB
Lead	8013 KB
Lime	12131 KB
Limestone	49249 KB
Lithium	246 KB
Lost Mines	3825 KB
Magnesium	437 KB
Magnitite	62920 KB
Manganese	21506 KB
Mercury	16550 KB
Metallurgical	4399 KB
Meteorites	17505 KB
Mineral Wool	1214 KB
Miscellaneous Commodities	10129 KB
Molybdenum	226 KB
Natural Gas	1501 KB
Nickel	37301 KB
Nitrate	3866 KB
Obsidian	3024 KB
Oil	22546 KB
Perlite	12012 KB
Petrified Wood	3880 KB
Phosphates	23506 KB
Pigments	25005 KB
Platinum	2833 KB
Pozzolan	15569 KB
Rare Earths	4643 KB
Benton County Rock Resources	10277 KB
Clackamas County Rock Resources	3503 KB
Columbia County Rock Resources	3341 KB
Curry County Rock Resources	1771 KB
Rock Resources Demand	1643 KB
Rock Deposit	3621 KB
Miscellaneous Rock Resources	9666 KB
Hood River County Rock Resources	9938 KB
Lane County Rock Resources	3456 KB
Linn County Rock Resources	5106 KB
Marion County Rock Resources	1431 KB
Oregon Coast Rock Resources	1441 KB
Portland Rock Resources	57019 KB
Washington County Rock Resources	984 KB
Sandstone	7710 KB
Shale	8145 KB
Silica	83224 KB
Silicon	4945 KB
Silver	3614 KB
Soda Ash	2763 KB
Steel	6348 KB
Stone, part 1	25720 KB
Stone, part 2	23100 KB
Stone, part 3	26032 KB
Stone, part 4	30328 KB
Stone, part 5	34431 KB
Stone, part 6	28688 KB
Stone, part 7	7719 KB
Sulfur	17712 KB
Sunstones	56764 KB
Talc	37670 KB
Telluride	325 KB
Tellurium	2087 KB
Thundereggs	7713 KB
Timber	35598 KB
Tin, part 1	36356 KB
Tin, part 2	31825 KB
Tin, part 3	34625 KB
Tin, part 4	31351 KB
Tin, part 5	31984 KB
Titanium	6249 KB
Tuff Stone	729 KB
Tungsten	4664 KB
Uranium	48098 KB
Zinc	16260 KB