| Deposit ID | 10047857 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700189 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rainbow |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 003N | 005E | 32 | CENTER OF S4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Result | AS MUCH AS 5% V REPORTED |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -122.21701, 45.6962 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N50W |
| Dip | 60NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Washougal District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Optioned By John Hogg, |
| Home office | Vancouver, Wa |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred Wark |
| First year | 1942 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700189 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 358.
MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 54.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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