Rainbow Mine

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

Name: Rainbow Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

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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