The South Umpqua Mining Company is a mine located in Douglas county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,211 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,211 Feet (674 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.8361, -122.92860
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South Umpqua Mining Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Umpqua Mining Company
Secondary: Banfield Mine
Secondary: Rainbow Lode
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Douglas
District: Tiller-Drew Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Banfield Copper, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: 2402 Gibson Rd., Everett, Wa. 98204
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 128.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1940, V. 1,
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 75, 1972, P. 26.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 128-129.
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