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Rainbow

Occurrence in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018542
MRDS ID DC05629
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10143169

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96254, 39.57943 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 05S 77W 36 NE4 OF NE4 OF NW4 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96254, 39.57943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 55-65NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED PB ORE IN UPPER ADIT 1-3 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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