Rainbow No. 2 Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073390
MRDS ID W019448
MAS/MILS ID 0160550011
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow No. 2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41714, 47.75236 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI FROM HONEYSUCKLE RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cataract Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 051N 001W 23,24 W2NWSW (24) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1 Mi From Little N Fk Coeur D'Alene River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Form.-Quartzite;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Burke Form.-Quartzite;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41714, 47.75236

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Beds Strike N 30 Deg W, Dip 25 Deg Sw
  • Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much-Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
  • Original Alteration entry: Chloritization
  • Original Ore Control entry: Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little North Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bur Mines)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented, 1 Unpatented, Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, April 10 , 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Merger Of Rainbow Min. And Milling Co. Into Coeur D'Alenes Corp In 1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.