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

MRDSM055859
MAS410190037
DEP10225482
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.}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC)