Banfield Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Mercury, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225482
MRDS ID M055859
MAS/MILS ID 0410190037
Record type Site
Current site name Banfield Mine
Alternate or previous names South Umpqua Mining Company, Rainbow Lode
Related records 10040961

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.92975, 42.83592 (WGS84)
Elevation 674
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031 S 002 W 34 SESWNE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.92975, 42.83592

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N03E
    Dip 68E
    Thickness 8M
    Length 300M
    Width 70M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N03E:68E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 16HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1928

Mining district

District name Tiller-Drew Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Banfield Copper, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office 2402 Gibson Rd., Everett, Wa. 98204
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 128.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 128-129.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references