Mine detail: Rainbow

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.42597, -117.56241

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1901

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1901

Geology

Host rock:	Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;Burnt River Schist;;
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Ne Alinement Of Granite Intrusives, Ne And Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Actinolite, Chlorite

References

MRDS	W002486
DEP	10069096
Reference	{Deposit:: SWARTLY, A.M., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF OREGON 1(8): 306 P.}{Deposit:: GILLULLY, J., ETAL, 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A, P. 1-40.}{Deposit:: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY ABD MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON, EAST HALF: BULLETIN 14-A, 125 P.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: O.D.G.M.I. BULL. 61}{Deposit:: & 5) WOLFF, E. N., 1965 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, UNIV. OREGON PHD OR}{Deposit:: 1914 RECON ORE. BU. MINES AND GEOL.: REF. 1}{Deposit:: 1929 RECON J. GILLULLY ETAL: BULL. 846-A}{Deposit:: 1939 RECON ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: REF. 3}{Deposit:: 1968 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.: REF. 4}{Production:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, P. 129}
Reporter	Reeves, James R., Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)