Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010735
MRDS ID D004665
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Alternate or previous names Neale Claims
Related records 10299773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.57468, 38.62607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position 2.5 MILES NORTH OF COVE FORT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dog Valley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 025S 006W 19 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sulfur Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon (Host)
    Rock description Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon (Host)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.57468, 38.62607

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin/Plateau Transition Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local N-S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults N50-65e At 45-60 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 15 SE
    Thickness 9.75M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 9.75M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Major N-S Fault Along West Side Of Range

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Gordon/Sulphurdale

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Forminco Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1947-1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 31wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on development

  • 17 AIR DRILLED HOLES-1976, 30-300 FT DEEP, TOTAL 1350 FT OF DRILLING. OTHER REPORTS: PODESTA, D.J., 1974, EVALUATION OF SULPHURDALE F. DEPOSITS, PRIVATE REPORT FOR FORMINCO INC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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