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Rainbow

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149488
MAS/MILS ID 0320230200
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Alternate or previous names Bruno Prospect, Fluorspar Corp of America, Hope

Comments on the site names

  • FLUORSPAR CORPORATION IS NOT ACTIVE IN THE AREA,1981

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.85588, 38.06215 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 002 N 054 E 01 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS REPORTED IN SECS. 1, 12, AND 13 (NYE COUNTY) AND IN SECS. 24 AND 25 (LINCOLN COUNTY). THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 1 IN NYE COUNTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.85588, 38.06215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 30M
    Length 2414M
    Width 805M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Strike And Dip N20E:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 850823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1945

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wesley Koyen
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Slavin
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Comments on the ownership information

  • ED SLAVIN OWNS THE BRUNO PROSPECT PORTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MAS EVALUATORS COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE RESOURCE QUANTITY AND GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 54
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 454
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 8.444
    Unit Production Cost 18.9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 153
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 454
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C.1961,AN INV. FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.NEV.BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    BULL.65

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C.1962,FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.,NEV.BUR.OF MINES MAP 3

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY AND KLEINHAMPLE 1969,FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN QUINN

  • Deposit

    CANYON RANGE USGS BULL.1272C

  • Deposit

    BENSON W T,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE CO.,NEV.USBM

  • Deposit

    PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    LEWIS A A,1955,INVENTORY OF NEV.FLUORSPAR;FLUORSPAR CORP.

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS,PRIVATE REPORT AND SUPPLEMENT

  • Deposit

    PAPKE K G,1974,1975,DATA FROM FIELD INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSP

  • Deposit

    AR OCCURRENCE IN NEVADA

  • Deposit

    PAPKE K G,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BULL.93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-AUG-85 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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