The Rainbow is a silver, gold, lead, vanadium, and copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,650 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Vanadium, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.69639, -122.21583
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Rainbow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Wark
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Optioned By John Hogg,
Home Office: Vancouver, Wa
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AS MUCH AS 5% V REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF URANIUM VERY DOUBTFUL
Comment (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)
Comment (Workings): 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE SEPARATING WEST FORK WASHOUGAL RIVER FROM WILD BOY CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 358.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
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