Rainbow

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047857
MRDS ID M700189
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21701, 45.6962 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MI NORTH OF MOUNT PLEASANT. 14 MI BY ROAD FROM WASHOUGAL; ABOUT 4 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated In Center Of South Half Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 32 CENTER OF S4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE SEPARATING WEST FORK WASHOUGAL RIVER FROM WILD BOY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRESENCE OF URANIUM VERY DOUBTFUL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result AS MUCH AS 5% V REPORTED

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21701, 45.6962

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N50W
    Dip 60NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Optioned By John Hogg,
    Home office Vancouver, Wa
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Wark
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3-10 IN. THICK QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE WITH SPARSELY DISSEMINATED GALENA ALONG ITS BORDERS.A YELLOW PHOSPATIC MINERAL ALONG CRACKS IS ALSO REPORTED. VEIN MATERILA ON THE SHAFT DUMPS CONSIST OF QUARTZ, SOME OF WHICH IS AMETHYST. LITTLE MINERALIZATION WAS VISIBLE IN 1977 (MOEN)
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.