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Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002896
MRDS ID A015384
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Related records 10232824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.46684, 65.033 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES BY ROAD NE OF FAIRBANKS ALONG THE STEESE HIGHWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 30. WORKINGS ON POINT OF RIDGE BETWEEN TWIN CREEK AND SKOOGY GULCH AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,700 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Iron And Manganese Stained In Places.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.46684, 65.033
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE AT END OF ONE DRIFT. VEIN OCCUPIES A FAULT PLANE. COUNTRY ROCK IS SCHIST, QUARTZITE, AND GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1913

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 100 FT DEEP AND 270 FT. OF DRIFTS ON VEIN; INACCESSIBLE IN 1931.

Comments on development

  • MINING 1911 TO PROBABLY 1913. A 10 STAMP STRAUB MILL WAS ERECTED IN THE SPRING OF 1912; 45 TONS OF ORE MILLED WITH RESULTS CONSIDERED UNSUCCESSFUL. MINE CLOSED, 1914.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHIST AND QUARTZITE CUT BY GRANITE DIKE; QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 18 IN. THICK FOLLOWS A FAULT AND IS DEFINITELY YOUNGER THAN THE GRANITE. MINERALS IN VEIN INCLUDE PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, SCHEELITE, AND FREE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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