Rainbow Mine

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026969
MRDS ID M001418
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Related records 10134958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.01094, 31.97596 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI. S. OF DRAGOON, ARIZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knob Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 17S 23E 09 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.01094, 31.97596

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coronado National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Hubbard
    Home office Tucson, Az.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey

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.