Rainbow Deposit

Prospect in Gila county in Arizona, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185743
MRDS ID M002975
MAS/MILS ID 0040070563
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Deposit
Related records 10027370

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.9329, 33.72698 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meddler Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto 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 Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005 N 014 E 32 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.9329, 33.72698

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Larsen,Ethel S
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955
  • Type Operator
    Owner Uranium Corp
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER AND RAUP GEO OF THE U DEP DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE

  • Deposit

    GILA CO,AZ USGS PP 595 PP 2-3

  • Deposit

    SUPPLEMENT TO USGS PP 595 PP 98-102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.