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Rainbow

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234798
MRDS ID M800252
MAS/MILS ID 0040130039
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10095781

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.32656, 33.72676 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salome(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 N 010 W 06 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.32656, 33.72676
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chisholm
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • JULY 75 MINOR POTENTIAL AS FLUORITE RESERVE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Arizona Department Of Mineral Resources U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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