Rainbow Group Property

Occurrence in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Bismuth
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088746
MRDS ID M058359
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Group Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.69412, 40.553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2853
Relative position 10,400 FEET N 88 W FROM THE WEST SUMMIT OF TWIN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 002E 14 SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RED AND YELLOW STAINED QUARTZ AND ALTERED IGNEOUS ROCK WITH SERICITE AND PYRITE

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE NO. 1: AG - .1 OZ/TON, BI - LESS THAN .01 PERCENT, CU - .003 PERCENT, MO - .003 PERCENT, PB - .07 PERCENT
Result DUMP SAMPLE NO. 2: AG - 3 PPM, AU - LESS THAN .02 PPM, CU - 1070 PPM, MO - 45 PPM, PB - 1420 PPM, ZN - 770 PPM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of The Little Cottonwood Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.69412, 40.553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rainbow Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADITS, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, TOGETHER THEY TOTAL ABOUT 300 FT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE
Deposit PROPERTY MAY BE THE RAINBOW AND LUCKY CHANGE CLAIM GROUP OF THE RAINBOW MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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