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Rainbow-Eagle Bird Mine

Past Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238975
MAS/MILS ID 0080150001
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow-Eagle Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.2909, 38.575 (WGS84)
Elevation 3658

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 050 N 080 W 22 NWNE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.2909, 38.575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0M
    Depth to top 41M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 ADV ARGILLIC
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2153
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Avon Privette Altered Veins Of
    Home office North Carolina
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Clough Manganese Co.
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1973

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1978 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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