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Rainbow

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043263
MRDS ID M061862
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Alternate or previous names East Zone, West Zone,

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.55783, 42.68593 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Reuben(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
033S 007W 20 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.14 OZ/TON AU
Result 1.50 OZ/TON AG
Result 0.30 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Rogue Volcanics
    Rock description Rogue Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.55783, 42.68593
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERICITE SCHIST PARTIALLY REPLACED BY MASSIVE BARITE WITH DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category County

Comments on the workings information

  • ROAD CUTS (ZONES 60' APART)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1961, RAINBOW; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. 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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