Amoron-Rainbow Group

The Amoron-Rainbow Group is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Amoron-Rainbow Group

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 41.85722, -115.43083

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Amoron-Rainbow Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Amoron-Rainbow Group
Secondary: Amazon
Secondary: And Rainbow Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge 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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Jarbidge-Paulak Mining Co. (1920'S)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Workings): DRIFT

Comment (Deposit): 4 FT. WIDE VEIN, OPENED BY A DRIFT 90 FT. LONG, IN 1910. VEIN TURN TO N50E, MAY INTERSECT PAULAK VEIN DRIFT SHOWS 12 FEET OF PYRITIC QUARTZ OF WHICH 2 FEET PANS WELL IN GOLD. (LATER PART OF JARBIDGE-PAULAK MINING CO. HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRAFER, F.C. (1912) RUON OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT, ELK MT. DIST, E1166, NEV. USGS BULL. 497.

Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK & 3'BYRNE, (1911) CLAIM MAP OF JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.