The Rainbow Mine is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.41333, -114.15528
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Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1883
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1883
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
Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET.
Comment (Development): 7 PATENTED CLAIMS; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE MICHAEL PRICE, GRAND VIEW MINING, RAINBOW MINES, HENRY GALBRAITH, RAINBOW MOUNTAIN MINING, RAINBOW LEASING, MONTORO MINING CO
Comment (Deposit): 3 MAIN ORE SHOOTS (NORTH, WINDSAIL, AND SOUTH) IN VEIN. MAIN VEIN IS INTERSECTED BY SMALLER VEINS FORMING AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 49?
Comment (Workings): WINDSAIL SHAFT OF 450 FT WITH 4 LEVELS; 4 TUNNELS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.
Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE COUNTY MINES, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV, P. 258, 260.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.
Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL 978-E, 397
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