Rainbow #5 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047435
MRDS ID M242737
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow #5 Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2621
Related records 10125531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7232, 41.62599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Rock Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 038E 08 CENTER OF N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SPRING CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2621 OF MILK-WHITE QUARTZ VEIN WITH PHYLLITE INCLUSIONS, THICK HEMATITE-LIMONITE PSEUDO MORPUS AFTER PYRITE, SOME FRESH PYRITE, FINE GREY SULFIDES(?), BLACK PLATY MINERAL-COULD BE SPECULAR HEMATITE OR WOLFRAMITE. IT CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.15% TI, 500 PPM MN, 0.7 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 10 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, AND 2.3 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7232, 41.62599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cleavage Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rebel Creek District; New Goldfields District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Woodward Of Orovada
    First year 1981

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, CUTS, ADIT (ABOUT 200 FT LONG) WINZE, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WHITE QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITE. PHYLLITE STRIKES N 70 E, DIPS 45 NW. PODS AND LENSES OF VEIN MATERIAL ALONG CLEAVAGE PLANES. PROSPECT PIT EXPOSES 1 FT (MAXIMUM WIDTH) QUARTZ POD. QUARTZ BRANCHES AND LACES THROUGHOUT WALLROCK, IS FE-OX STAINED, ABOUT 150 FT TO NE ALONG STRIKE IS AN OLD ADIT DRIVEN ALONG BEDDING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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