Rainbow #2 Prospect

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Beryllium, Uranium, Lithium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020433
MRDS ID DC13219
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow #2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20832, 39.70688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1503
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF BELL HILL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 012W 09 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic: Smectite, Sericite, K-Feldspar

Analytical data

Result 1963 SAMPLES CONTAIN 0.23 - 1.1 % BE. NODULES IN THE TUFF CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 3.3 % BE. FLUORITE CONTENT IS LESS THAN 15 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20832, 39.70688

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Spor Mtn Is An Up-Lifted Fault Block That Has Been Lifted Trap-Door Fashion With Hinge On East.
Type of structure Local
Structure description A North Trending Fault System That Cuts Spor Mtn, Including The Thomas Caldera Ring Fracture

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUFF CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF VOLCANIC ROCK, CHERT AND CLAY. ; GEOL.DESC: FLUORITE HAS REPLACED TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Anaconda

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL ADIT CONTAINING WATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Lindsey, David A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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