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Rainbow

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308900
MRDS ID A015384
Record type Site
Current site name Rainbow
Related records 10232824, 10002896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.46695, 65.03267 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 30; NW1/4 sec. 1, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Rainbow mine is on the point of the ridge between Twin Creek and Skoogy Gulch at an elevation of 1,700 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • Quartz, iron- and manganese-stained in places.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.46695, 65.03267
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Gold is found in a nearly vertical, east-striking, quartz vein. The vein also contains pyrite, arsenopyrite, galena, sphalerite (Smith, 1913; B 525). The vein has been variously described as from 18 inches wide to 3 feet wide (Brooks, 1912; Chapin, 1914). The vein cuts schist, quartzite, and granite (Chapin, 1914). About 500 feet of underground workings were reported by 1912 (Brooks, 1912). Four hundred and eighty tons of ore was shipped from these workings (Chapin, 1914). The vein contained 1.11 ounces of gold per ton with a narrow 2 inch band containing 10.26 ounces of gold per ton (Hill, 1933).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = By 1914, 480 tons of ore had been shipped (Chapin, 1914).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Workings consisted of a vertical shaft 100 feet deep and 270 feet of drifts on the vein (Smith, 1913; B 525). The vein was also marked by surface pits (Chapin, 1914). The old shaft and adit were inaccessible in 1931 (Hill, 1933).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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