| Deposit ID | 10042809 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060848 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rainbow Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Siskron, January First |
| Related records | 10153019 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.48282, 42.10926 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 732 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES ESE OF CAVE JUNCTION, OREGON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Josephine(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oregon Caves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Illinois(hydrologic unit)
Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040S | 007W | 01 | S OF S | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE OF 18 SAMPLES IN MAIN WORKINGS IS ABOUT 0.5 OZ AU/TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite | ||
| Rock unit name | Sericitic Greenstone | ||
| Rock description | Sericitic Greenstone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Rock unit name | Applegate Group |
| Rock description | Applegate Group |
| (1) | -123.48282, 42.10926 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 DEG E |
| Dip | 35 DEG NW |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Siskron |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Waldo Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Roscoe And Ruth Polk |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 365.76M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060848 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330410 |
BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 245 AND 262
WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1940, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 216
RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
TREASHER, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK 14-C, VOL. 11, SEC. I
OME FILES
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD M013354) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1974 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1981 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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