The Rainbow Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Year Last Production: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz Iron And Manganese Stained In Places.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 30. WORKINGS ON POINT OF RIDGE BETWEEN TWIN CREEK AND SKOOGY GULCH AT AN ELEVATION OF 1,700 FT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): SCHIST AND QUARTZITE CUT BY GRANITE DIKE; QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 18 IN. THICK FOLLOWS A FAULT AND IS DEFINITELY YOUNGER THAN THE GRANITE. MINERALS IN VEIN INCLUDE PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, SCHEELITE, AND FREE GOLD.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT 100 FT DEEP AND 270 FT. OF DRIFTS ON VEIN; INACCESSIBLE IN 1931.
Comment (Geology): GRANITE AT END OF ONE DRIFT. VEIN OCCUPIES A FAULT PLANE. COUNTRY ROCK IS SCHIST, QUARTZITE, AND GRANITE.
Comment (Development): MINING 1911 TO PROBABLY 1913. A 10 STAMP STRAUB MILL WAS ERECTED IN THE SPRING OF 1912; 45 TONS OF ORE MILLED WITH RESULTS CONSIDERED UNSUCCESSFUL. MINE CLOSED, 1914.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-413 (A-1), LOC. 30
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 849-B, P. 74, 115.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 592, P. 348.
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