Banner Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217219
MRDS ID W014118
MAS/MILS ID 0160150152
Record type Site
Current site name Banner Mine
Related records 10070958

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.53345, 44.01908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008 N 008 E 09 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NINETEEN MILES NORTH OF IDAHO CITY ON HWY 21, THEN NINE MILES EAST AND NORTH ON BANNER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.53345, 44.01908

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Banner Mining Co.
    ID 1001302
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1980

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1918, 19TH ANN RPT OF MINING IND OF ID FOR 1917, P 56

  • Deposit

    IBMG MINES & PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD, 1982, MITCHELL.

  • Deposit

    REFER TO CRIB NOS. WO14118 & WO18017.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-1988 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/29/1985
MSHA mine ID1001302
Mine name (MSHA)Banner Mine
Current operatorNational Resources Corp
Current controller (parent)National Resources & Silver Chief Mining
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references