| Deposit ID | 10088981 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RE00180 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rainbow Pits |
| Alternate or previous names | Rainbow Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.37749, 39.19162 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2377 |
| Relative position | 19,800 FEET N27E FROM NOTCH PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Millard(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Millard |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 019S | 014W | 01 | NE OF NW OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Andradite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Vesuvianite | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT CONTAINED BETWEEN 0.03 AND 1.89 PERCENT WO3. AVERAGE ORE GRADE IS 0.8 PERCENT WO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Porphyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion); | ||||
| Rock description | Porphyritic Granite (Notch Peak Intrusion); | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Weeks Limestone; |
| Rock description | Weeks Limestone; |
| (1) | -113.37749, 39.19162 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sevier Thrust Belt, Basin-Range Faults Bounding The House Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Possible Fault (Post-Mineral?) |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Notch Peak |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.033HA |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Overall width | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RE00180 |
EVERETT, 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8014, 44P.
PETERSEN, D.M., 1976, GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOLOGY OF THE NOTCH PEAK TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, M.S. THESIS, 74P.
HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE, MILLARD CONTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-636.
GRAY, R.S., 1956, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE TREASURE MONTAIN MINING CO., HOUSE TANGE, MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: UNPUBLISED REPORT.
EVERETT, 1961
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT CONSIST OF SCHEELITE DISSEMINATED IN ANDRADITE-RICH TACTITE. THE TACTITE WAS 4 METERS THICK AGAINST THE GRANITE AND THINNED TO 1.6 METERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PIT. TACTITE IS CAPPED BY THREE TO FIVE METERS OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE DARK-GRAY "SANDED" MARBLE. THE TACTITE IS ABUTTED AGAINST THE GRANITE AND MAY BE CONFORMABLE WITH AN UNDERLYING GRANITE SILL DIPPING 12 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST OR MAY BE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE GRANITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1987 | Shubat, Michael A. | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
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