The Rainbow and Corp Groups is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.93083, -116.88278
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Rainbow and Corp Groups MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow and Corp Groups
Secondary: Air Anomaly No. 3
Secondary: Valley Viewrainbow Claims Nos. 1-20
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Northumberland 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brinkley, D. E.
Home Office: 625 Hunter Lake Drive, Reno, 89509.
Years: 1979 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Radioactivity Terminates At A Fault 17 Ft Deep
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Silicification
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0.047 TO 0.388 % U308.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 3 MILES S45W FROM NORTHUMBERLAND MINE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL PITS.
Comment (Development): 19 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN RAINBOW AND CORD GROUPS WERE LOCATED IN 1955. WORKED SINCE 1955
Comment (Geology): THE SHALE IS BLACK, HIGHLY FRACTURED, AND SILICIFIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 81, P. 86-87
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P.,1981, FIELD EXAMINATION OCT 20, 1981.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
