Rainbow Marble Claims 1 and 2

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088643
MRDS ID M057998
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Marble Claims 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20441, 40.03522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1996
Relative position 11,700 FT. N. OF BOULTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulter Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rush Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009S 003W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SE SE OF NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20441, 40.03522

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous North Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Henry And Rhea Brown
Year of first production 1980

Mining district

District name North Tintic District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MARBLE AND ONYX MARBLE SHIPPED DURING 1980, AMOUNT UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT IS ACCESSIBLE AND ABOUT 150 FT. LONG, PROSPECT IS 12 FT. BY 10 FT., PIT 3 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, D.R., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE EAST TINTIC MOUNTAINS AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK 12.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W. AND LOUGHLIN, G.F., 1919, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TINTIC MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PA. 107.

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP DISBROW, A.E. GQ-14

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED 31ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1967 BY HENRY AND RHEA BROWN OF LEHI, UT. AND RECORDED OCT. 30TH, BOOK 76, PG. 567, 568, NO. 282510 AND NO. 282511 TOOELE CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit ADIT EXPLORES LIGHT GREYISH TAN MARBLE WITH ONYX MARBLE VEINS UP TO 40 INCHES THICK, PROSPECT PIT CONTAINS HEMATITE AND CALCITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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