Rainbow

The Rainbow is a gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 3,661 feet.

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:  Grant

Elevation: 3,661 Feet (1,116 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 44.38361, -118.91750

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Rainbow MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rainbow
Secondary: This Placer Is Overlapped By Merle Brown's Ormc 65343 Golden Glow
Secondary: 4 Lode Claim. Ormc 84610 Millsite Is Closed.


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Canyon


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Glaefke, Leonard 'Slim'


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): OLD MARYSVILLE PLACER WITH 50 FT BENCH LEFT BY HYDRAULIC MINING IN 1880'S.

Comment (Geology): TERTIARY RATTLESNAKE FM FANGLOMERATE

Comment (Deposit): OCCUPANCY TRESPASS WITH TRAILER

Comment (Workings): 20 FT OF TIMBER SETS AGAINST BUT NOT INTO THE BANK. CAMM-TEX DID SOME TESTING AND DRILLING IN 1988-89.


References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

Reference (Other Database): BLM ORMC 84611

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

Reference (Deposit): OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULLETIN NO. 14-B, CANYON AREA, PAGE 17-39.

Reference (Deposit): SWARTLEY, A. M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NE OR: OR BUREAU MINES AND GEOL., VOLUMN 1, NUMBER 8, CANYON AREA, PAGE 200-209.


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