| 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 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.92975, 42.83592 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 674 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Douglas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031 S | 002 W | 34 | SESWNE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| Main Entrance (1) | -122.92975, 42.83592 |
|---|
| Strike | N03E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 68E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 70M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 16HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1928 |
| District name | Tiller-Drew Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Banfield Copper, Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | 2402 Gibson Rd., Everett, Wa. 98204 |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410190037 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055859 | MAS references MRDS |
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,
P. 128.
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 128-129.
OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 26.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-AUG-92 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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