The Tainbow, Sunrise, & African Claims is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.54278, -117.08778
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Tainbow, Sunrise, & African Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tainbow, Sunrise, & African Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 9.3 PPT BASE METALS
Analytical Data: 289.0 PPT AG
Analytical Data: FINENESS: 700.8 PPT AU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT OPPOSITE WOLFTONE PT. IS 72 FT. TO BEDROCK. SHAFT ON AFRICAN CLAIM IS 65 FT. DEEP. PAY GRAVEL LAYER RESTS ON BEDROCK AND IS 1 TO 6 FT THICK HERE
Comment (Location): IN MANHATTAN GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OPPOSITE WOLFTONE IS 72 FT DEEP; SHAFT ON AFRICAN CLAIM IS 65 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): SHAFT SHOWS 10 FT OF ROUGHLY STRATIFIED MATERIAL (CHIEFLY RHYOLITE FRAGMENTS), UNDERLAIN BY 40 FT. OF EVENLY-BEDDED FINE GRAVEL AND SAND, UNDERLAIN BY UNCEMENTED, FINE SLATEY GRAVEL, UNDERLAIN BY 1-6 FT OF PAY GRAVEL
References
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1917, USGS BULL 640
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.
