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Rainbow

Occurrence in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Chromium
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028449
MRDS ID M005418
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10211566

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55384, 39.73459 (WGS84)
Relative position TUNNEL IN SE 1/4 SW 1/4. CR IN SW 1/4. CHROMITE IN SW 1/4 OF THE SECTION - DOM BULL. 184, PL. 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 004E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55384, 39.73459
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Concaw

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. L. Griffith
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED UNTIL DECEMBER, 1893 AND PRODUCED PROBABLY $40,000. ORE WAS OF GOOD GRADE, AVERAGING $25 A TON. 20 ACRES PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45, #3, P. 451, R. 26, P. 278

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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