The Rainbow Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.99111, -113.17944
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Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Dugway District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. F. Cannon
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Dugway Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Mineralized Faults At Right Angles To Nw Trending Major Faults. Buckhorn Thrust Fault Crosses Property
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomitization Of Hanauer Limestone
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): PROD 1962
Comment (Deposit): THE 30 FOOD ADIT IS DRIVEN IN PROSPECT MTN QUARTZITE ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS WIDELY SPACED, ONE 210 FEET LONG, THE OTHER APPROX 30 FEET LONG; AND A SHAFT (INNACCESSIBLE)
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J.; 1964 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB & TOOELE CO., UTAH USGS PP 415
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 1964
Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5', 1953
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41
Reference (Production): EADS, J.P., 1981, U.G.M.S.: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
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