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Rainbow Mine

Occurrence in Imperial 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065061
MRDS ID TC40056
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Alternate or previous names El Lucero, Hess
Related records 10163424

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55357, 32.90174 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SW OF SQUAW LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Picacho Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015S 023E 3 SW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55357, 32.90174
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURFACE COVERED WITH A THIN MANTLE OF DEBRIS FROM BASALT FLOW OVERLYING GNEISS TO SW. RIDGES TO THE NE ARE UNDERLAIN BY TERT PYROCLASTICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chocolate Mountains

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES, AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 58

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-BEARING STRINGERS IN PREC? GNEISS THAT EXTEND A KNOWN DISTANCE OF ABOUT 1 MILE UNDER THE MOUNTAIN. GOLD OCCURS AS FINE LEAF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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