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Benton Mine

Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Sodium, Zinc
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  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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225963
MRDS ID M060704
MAS/MILS ID 0410330429
Record type Site
Current site name Benton Mine
Related records 10042744

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.62946, 42.67622 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bunker Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033 S 008 W 22 SWSE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Sodium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.62946, 42.67622
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1942,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 2, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 34, 1947, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 207.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 17-0100

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-AUG-1992 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.

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