Rainbow and Cord Claims

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271393
MRDS ID M231720
MAS/MILS ID 0320230166
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow and Cord Claims
Alternate or previous names Rainbow Nos. 1-20, Air Anomaly No. 3, Valley View, Hazel No. 6 Claim
Related records 10044322

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.88342, 38.92933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
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

Jet Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 045 E 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.88342, 38.92933

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kohlmoos, William B.
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ted Corder
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3653.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. RME-2055, 1956.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 86-87.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHEMPLE AND ZIONY, 1984, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES &

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 22, 23.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 81, P. 86, 87.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY REPORT NO. 3641.

  • 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. ADDITIONAL MRDS NUMBERS: M233798 M231717 HELD BY ASSESSMENT WORK BY ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM B. KOHLMOOS SINCE 1955 TO PRESENT (1994). HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF VARIOUS COMPANIES LEASED PROPERTY FROM BILL - NO SUCCESS IN FINDING COMMERCIAL URANIUM ORE BODY. THE PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE ON THE RAINBOW NO. 1 CLAIM, LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NW CORNER SEC. 35, T. 13 N., R. 45 E. CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS IN THIS CLAIM GROUP INCLUDE: RAINBO (SIC) 1-12, NO. 20, CORD, CORD 2-5, VALLEY VIEW, VALLEY VIEW 1-3, MARY JAN, BETTIFAE, GENDRON, HAZEL 1-11, LYNX, BOBCAT, JANE (JANE PROSPECT), JANE 1-2, EDNA, UPSET. THE JANE & LYNN & HAZEL CLAIMS ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS PERKINS PROPERTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-94 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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