The Rainbow is a mine located in Sweet Grass county, Montana at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.26944, -110.13000
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Rainbow MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow
Secondary: Simon's Map Loc. No. 131
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Sweet Grass
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Absaroka Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Local Faulting And Precambrian And Tertiary Intrusions
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON WEST SLOPE SOUTH OF NW LAKE OF RAINBOW LAKES.
Comment (Workings): ONE PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1979 GEOLMAP SIMONS, BULL 1391-
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F, 1979, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BEARTOOTH PRIM. AREA AND VICINITY, MONT. AND WYO., USGS BULL 1391-F, P. 97
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
