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Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Butte 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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036029
MRDS ID M024016
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55328, 39.73459 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Relative position 1.7 MI. W. CONCOW SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 004E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 AND N 1/2 S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55328, 39.73459
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Concaw

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. L. Griffith
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT. INCLINE. ORE WAS STOPED AT 3 LEVELS FROM 250 FT. DEEP TO SURFACE. MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 378

  • Deposit

    WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 221

  • Deposit

    MINER, J.A., 1890, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10, P. 129-130

  • Production

    LOGAN (1930)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK ORE WAS VERY RICH IN PLACES ABOVE 250 FT LEVEL, BUT POOR AT BOTTOM OF INCLINE. VEIN CROSSED BY DIKE AT MILL SITE
Deposit 20 ACRES. PATENTED. VARIOUS FIGURES ON DEPOSIT, WORKINGS AND COSTS IN MINER (1890). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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