Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called 'January FirstSiskron'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.10926, -123.48282

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Applegate Group
Host type:Greenstone
Associated rock:Sericitic Greenstone
Associated type:Serpentinite

References

MRDSM060848
DEP10042809
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, LEN, 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. IND. BULL. 61, P. 245 AND 262}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G. AND OTHERS, 1940, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRANTS PASS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1942, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC. 1, P. 216}{Deposit:: RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P}{Production:: TREASHER, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK 14-C, VOL. 11, SEC. I}{Reserve-Resource:: OME FILES}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.