Rainbow Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125454
MAS/MILS ID 0320230135
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Uranium Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rainbow Nos. 1-7, Henenbergh Prospect, Henenbergh Tunnel, Ge Claim Group 1977

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.07872, 38.71183 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 044 E 28 SWNENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.07872, 38.71183

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINATION REPORT, RAINBOW URANIUM

  • Deposit

    PROSPECT, R. R. TRENGOVE AND F. J. WEIBELT, 1953, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT OF FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NO. 12, HENEBERGH TUNNEL, R. U. KING, AND W. A. ROBERTS,

  • Deposit

    1949, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOIGCAL SURVEY TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT

  • Deposit

    169, T. G. LOVERING, 1953, P. 39-42.

  • Deposit

    U.S. AEC RME-2013, SUMMARY REPORT OF RECONNAISSANCE AND

  • Deposit

    EXPLORATION FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    H. C. DAVIS, 1954, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 81, L. J. GARSIDE,

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 88-89.

  • Deposit

    GIBBS, A. D., 1976, URANIUM GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITIC ROCKS

  • Deposit

    EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, NV, SAN DIEGO, CA MASTERS THESIS,

  • Deposit

    P. 34-37.

  • Deposit

    HURLEY, B.W., AND PARKER, D.P., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE EVALUATION TONOPAH QUADRANGLE, NV, P. 16-19

  • Deposit

    AND 29.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 22

  • Deposit

    AND 179.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, P. 26

  • Deposit

    (LOCATION ONLY).

  • Deposit

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 1988, HENEBERGH TUNNEL, 6 P.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-14,

  • Deposit

    MAP LOCATION (INCORRECT).

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO FIELD CHECKED IN 1993. JOHN AND PERRY HENEBERGH OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, NV LOCATED THE RAINBOW NOS. 1-7 CLAIMS IN 1928. THESE CLAIMS, OR RATHER THE MAIN ADIT, ARE BEST KNOWN AS THE "HENEBERG TUNNEL". ORIGINALLY LOCATED FOR GOLD, URANIUM (AUTINITE) WAS IDENTIFIED IN 1930. THE "TUNNEL" IS 411 FEET LONG, HAS 7 CROSSCUTS, A 202 FT DEEP WINZE AND A RAISE TO THE SURFACE. OWNERSHIP PASSED TO CARL FORD, ROUND MOUNTAIN, BETWEEN 1966 AND 1974. THE PERPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE LOW RISK CLAIM GROUP, ACCORDING TO NV BLM 1993 MASTER TITLE PLATS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-DEC-1994 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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