Rain Bow

Past Producer in Emery county in Utah, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Reserves and resources
  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 10078232
MRDS ID W026458
Record type Site
Current site name Rain Bow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00213, 38.67136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 1.2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOMSICH BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Emery(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ireland Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Muddy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Emery

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 008E 02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching First 5 Feet Of Underlying Siltstone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation-Moss Back Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation-Moss Back Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00213, 38.67136

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank San Rafael Swell
Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Normal Fault 50 Feet South Of Adit With 100 Feet Of Displacement

Ore body information

  • General form LENS SHAPED SCATTER AND IRREGULAR DEPOSITS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 5 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 22.86M
    Depth to top 10.67M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbon Trash, Clay Galls, Located At Base Of Unit Over Less Permeable Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Rafael District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Minor 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 4000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Minor 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Inferred 22000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.05 wt-pct Uranium Minor 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 154.84M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS, AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY CO., UT: USGS BULL 1239

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS LOCATED AT BASE OF SANDSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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