Rainbow

The Rainbow is a copper, silver, gold, lead, and molybdenum mine located in Union county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Rainbow  

State:  Oregon

County:  Union

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum

Lat, Long: 45.09889, -117.41556

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Rainbow MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rainbow


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum


Location

State: Oregon
County: Union
District: Wallowa


Land Status

Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Geology): BASALT DIKES INTRUDE THE GRANODIORITE BUT NOT THE OUARTZ

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON ASSUMED THICKNESS OF 70 FEET.

Comment (Workings): 4 PITS AND A 62-FOOT ADIT


References

Reference (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

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WEIS AND OTHERS (1976)


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