Rainbow No. 3 Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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 10073410
MRDS ID W019478
MAS/MILS ID 0160090001
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow No. 3 Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ulysses Claim Group, Elephant Claim Group, Buffalo Claim Group, Victory Claim Group

Comments on the site names

  • The Additional Names Are Claim Groups Owned By The Rainbow Mining Company. They Are Scattered Around This Location.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50434, 47.41706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 7 MI NE OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medimont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 001W 18 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Chloritization, Biotitization

Analytical data

Result DRILL CORE ANALYSIS 11.16 % PB, 8 OZ. AG / TON PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 16.421
Result PB 207/PB204 = 15.453
Result PB208/PB204 = 36.045

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50434, 47.41706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form GRANULES, PODS
    Thickness 11.58M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name St. Joe District (Roundtop District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on development

  • 14 Patented, 5 Unpatented Claims. 3000 Ft Ddh.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Rainbow Min. And Mill. Merged 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 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references