Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021252
MRDS ID DC15289
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.18026, 39.99105 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position MINE IS LABELED ON TOPO MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dugway Range NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 012W 03 NE OF NW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomitization Of Hanauer Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hanauer Limestone;Gilson Dolomite;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Rock description Hanauer Limestone;Gilson Dolomite;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.18026, 39.99105

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Faults At Right Angles To Nw Trending Major Faults. Buckhorn Thrust Fault Crosses Property

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Cannon
    Home office Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the production information

  • PROD 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS WIDELY SPACED, ONE 210 FEET LONG, THE OTHER APPROX 30 FEET LONG; AND A SHAFT (INNACCESSIBLE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J.; 1964 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB & TOOELE CO., UTAH USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 1964

  • Deposit

    USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5', 1953

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41

  • Production

    EADS, J.P., 1981, U.G.M.S.: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE 30 FOOD ADIT IS DRIVEN IN PROSPECT MTN QUARTZITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Eads, James P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references