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Rainbow

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035878
MRDS ID M023818
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10280957

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79443, 40.58374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1044
Relative position 2 MI. S. JOES PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bully Choop Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 008W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79443, 40.58374
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 0
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ DESCRIBED AS WHITE, SUGARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERBURDEN WORKED WITH HYDRAULIC GIANT WITH 2-3 INCH MOZZLE. SMALL MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 19418 MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 55

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 45

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 24-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, NEARLY PARALLEL TO HILLSIDE, FEW IN. 2 FT. THICK. OUTCROPS AT INTERVALS FOR 500 FT.
Deposit 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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