Mine detail: Banfield Mine

Previously called 'Rainbow LodeSouth Umpqua Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.83592, -122.92975

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Gold, Copper, Iron, Mercury, Silver
Other material:	Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorite, Cinnabar, Garnet, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1928

Geology

References

MRDS	M055859
MAS	410190037
DEP	10225482
Reference	{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	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)