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Rainbow

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102601
MRDS ID M005231
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10114033

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67407, 38.42184 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 MILE N.W. OF PINE GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 012E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 32

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67407, 38.42184
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS VARY IN THICKNESS FROM 8 TO 14 FT.; SEVERAL NORTH-STRIKING STRINGERS BRANCH FROM MAIN VEIN; POCKET GOLD TYPICAL OF THIS CLAIM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1935 - 1941

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Claude Hanley
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY WAS A SMALL PROSPECT PRIOR TO 1935; DEVELOPMENT BEGUN IN 1935 AND WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1935-1941; IDLE SINCE THAT TIME. REPORTED PRODUCTION $314,000

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 157 FT WHERE IT INTERSECTS MAIN ORE SHOOT; ANOTHER INCLINED SHAFT 200 FT. WITH DRIFT 200 FT. AT BASE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, W.D. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN. RES. OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 192

  • Production

    CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS REMAINING ON THE PROPERTY BUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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