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Rainbow's End #3 Claim

Occurrence 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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045773
MRDS ID M233595
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow's End #3 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2301, 39.15464 (WGS84)
Elevation 2393
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MILE SOUTH OF THE LANDER COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 042E 23 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH FORK OF WASHINGTON CREEK JUST ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH NORTH FORK OF WASHINGTON CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Pyrite; Hornfelsing And Micaceous Alteration; Epidotization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2301, 39.15464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N15w, 40ne Shear Zone Exposed Just Inside Adit.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Contains Fractured Vein Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT ADIT, BEDDING STRIKES N80E, DIPS 50SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1977

Mining district

District name Washington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Snyder, Ken And Doyle

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE N60E ADIT WITH PIPE EXTENDING FROM MOUTH. DUMP IS RATHER LARGE AND THERE IS A LOT OF CABLE STREWN AROUND (1981). PURPLE-WHITE FLUORITE OCCURS AS VEIN-FILLINGS WITH QUARTZ AND PYRITE

Comments on development

  • LOCATION MONUMENT ON DUMP READS "RAINBOW'S END #3, LOCATED JUNE 18, 1977"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 02 OCTOBER, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS, VUGGY, CARRYING PYRITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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