The Rainbow Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 1,650 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: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.73472, -121.55222
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Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
District: Concaw
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. L. Griffith
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 20 ACRES. PATENTED. VARIOUS FIGURES ON DEPOSIT, WORKINGS AND COSTS IN MINER (1890). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 AND N 1/2 S 1/2
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK ORE WAS VERY RICH IN PLACES ABOVE 250 FT LEVEL, BUT POOR AT BOTTOM OF INCLINE. VEIN CROSSED BY DIKE AT MILL SITE
Comment (Workings): 350 FT. INCLINE. ORE WAS STOPED AT 3 LEVELS FROM 250 FT. DEEP TO SURFACE. MILLSITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 378
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., 1915, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 221
Reference (Deposit): MINER, J.A., 1890, BUTTE COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 10, P. 129-130
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1930)
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