Rainbow Hill Project

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185526
MAS/MILS ID 0020670227
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow Hill Project
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill, Lucky Hill Top

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -147.25276, 63.19133 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Matanuska-Susitna(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Susitna River(hydrologic unit)

Susitna River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -147.25276, 63.19133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1996

Mining district

District name Valdez Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner International Canalaska Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, SEPT, 11, 1996. P3.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P141.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P127.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P167.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES THE GOLD HILL MAS SEQ# 0020670119 AND LUCKY HILL TOP MAS SEQ# 0020670126 PROPERTIES AS WELL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.