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Rainbow Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044451
MRDS ID M231871
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Mine
Alternate or previous names Rainbow Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85366, 38.06134 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position WEST SIDE OF QUINN CANYON RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Ranch Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 054E 01,12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SECT. 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE-GREEN FINE GRAIN CRYSTALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result A 3.5 FT CUT ACROSS A VEIN BY THE USBM IN 1945 ASSAYED 92.43% CAF2, 4.87% SIO2, 1.11% R2O3, 0.87% CACO3, 0.10% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85366, 38.06134
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Tuff Strikes N65w, Dip 20 Sw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N10-20E
    Dip 40W TO VERTICAL
    Length 15.24M
    Width 4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Are In Or Parallel To A N-Trending Shear Zone.Vein Footwall Is A Fault With Slickensides

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Carl E. Holmberg

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Holmberg, Carl E., Anderson, John Y., Maroon, Roy W.
    First year 1941
  • Type Operator
    Owner Fluorspar Corp. Of America
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eason, David And Mayfield, Earl
    Home office Tonopa
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SURFACE OPEN STOPE 100 FT LONG, 8 FT DEEP, 3 FT WIDE, SHALLOW PROSPECTS, BULLDOZER STRIPPINGS AT SOUTH WORKINGS,A 50-FT LENGTH OF VEIN 12-18 IN WIDE HAS BEEN MINED TO SURFACE THROUGH A 25-FT VERTICAL SHAFT. AT NORTH WORKINGS,AN 80-FT LENGTH OF ORE 1-4 FT WIDE AHS BEEN MINED TO A DEPTH OF 10 FT.

Comments on development

  • FLUORSPAR CORP OF AMERICA EXPLORED IT BY TRENCHING AND DRILLING IN 1955-1956. NO VALID CLAIMS PRESENT IN 1976.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 17

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SEMI-PARALLEL ANASTOMOSING VEINLETS OCCUR IN BOTH HANGING WALL AND FOOTWALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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