Rainbow Quarry

Producer in Renville county in Minnesota, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10146134
MAS/MILS ID 0271290008
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Quarry
Alternate or previous names Cold Spring Granite Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -94.98058, 44.53389 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Redwood(county)

Minnesota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glencoe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New Ulm(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle(hydrologic unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic accounting unit)

Minnesota(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lower Sioux Community(Community)

Community BIA(Type of land area)

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Minnesota Renville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 113 N 034 W 31 S2NWNE Minnesota

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -94.98058, 44.53389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPER: COLD SPRING GRANITE CO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Wheaton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 10/01/2025
MSHA mine ID2100755
Mine name (MSHA)Rainbow Quarry
Current operatorCold Spring Granite Company
Current controller (parent)Patrick Alexander; Michael O'Connor
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1970 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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