The Banfield is a copper and silver mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.83528, -122.93139
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Banfield MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Banfield
Secondary: South Umpqua Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: South Umpqua Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR STRINGERS AND LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks Are Bleached Nearly White By Hydrothermal Solutions
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): DRILLED IN 1968 FOLLOWING A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY. NO HG PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): DRILLED IN 1968 FOLLOWING A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY. NO HG PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN OREGON, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICK, F., 1945, STATE OF OREGON MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, SCALE 1:1,000,000
Reference (Deposit): 5) OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, BULL
Reference (Deposit): RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 26
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940: ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 1-COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, P. 128
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