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Rainbow Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101825
MRDS ID D009835
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Prospect
Related records 10223555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.65063, 33.17732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1943
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15.5 MI N 07 W OF CLIFF, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 018W 13 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS REACHED VIA A 2 MI FOOT TRAIL EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM THE BAR X-7 RANCH OWNED BY A. J. INMAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN ACROSS TWO OF THE VEINS CONTAINED 55% CAF2 (24 IN CHIP) AND 78.9% CAF2 (12 IN CHIP)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.65063, 33.17732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw To Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E; N10W; N10E
    Dip 80 NW; 80 SW; 80 NW
  • Strike N35E; N10W; N10E
    Dip 80 NW; 80 SW; 80 NW
  • Strike N35E; N10W; N10E
    Dip 80 NW; 80 SW; 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oliver Wytcherly

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS OF FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED TO THE USBM BY OLIVER WYTCHERLY

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY OPENCUTS AND DRIFTS DRIVEN ALONG EACH VEIN. THE UPPER VEIN HAS A 25 FT OPENCUT WITH A 15 FT DRIFT EXTENSION. THE MIDDLE VEIN WAS EXPLORED BY A 15 FT OPENCUT AND A SHORT DRIFT. THE LOWER VEIN CONTAINS A SHORT OPENCUT AND A SHORT DRIFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 98.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE NARROW FISSURE VEINS IN RHYOLITE AND ANDESITE CONTAIN FLUORSPAR AS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE SPACE FILLING MATERIAL. THE 3 VEINS ARE FROM 1 TO 3 FT WIDE, ARE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF EACH OTHER, AND CAN BE TRACED FOR ONLY SHORT DISTANCES ON THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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