The Rainbow Group is a tungsten mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 33.36, -110.98917
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Rainbow Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Group
Secondary: Clark Claims
Secondary: Clark Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Summit District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Faulkner And Messner
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: WOLFRAMITE-SCHEELITE RATIO IS 1:1. ASSAYS FROM THREE SAMPLES SHOWED .06-.25 PERCENT WO3, AND .08-.16 PERCENT CU
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
Comment (Production): ABOUT 114 TONS OF ORE FROM THE MINE. REFERENCE NOT CLEAR AS TO WHETHER THAT AMOUNT WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): GROUP OF 12 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE OCCURS SPARSELY AS MINUTE GRAINS IN THE GREISEN AND IN VUGS IN THE SUBPARALLEL STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ VEINLETS THAT CONTAIN TUNGSTEN, MOLYBDENUM, AND COPPER MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): THREE 10 FOOT OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND SHALLOW PROSPECT SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF YUMA, MARICOPA, PINAL, AND GRAHAM COUNTIES, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5516, P. 46-47.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE, V.B., 1959
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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