Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10299679
MRDS ID OR07511
MAS/MILS ID 0410610011
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Alternate or previous names Rainbow
Related records 10054457

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.24685, 45.00375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1885
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 S 037 E 06 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS MARKED AS A GRAVEL PIT ON THE USGS TOPO SHEET. ALSO USGS ID# MO14711

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.24685, 45.00375

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY & MINING, INDUSTRY BULLETIN 14A,

  • Deposit

    P. 111.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI FILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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