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Rainbow

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Lead
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033196
MRDS ID M015177
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10299223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41659, 45.09875 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennet Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005S 043E 26 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41659, 45.09875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 33.53M
    Width 25.91M
    Depth to bottom 21M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Shear Zones In The Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT DIKES INTRUDE THE GRANODIORITE BUT NOT THE OUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BASED ON ASSUMED THICKNESS OF 70 FEET.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS AND A 62-FOOT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 69-71

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEIS AND OTHERS (1976)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 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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