The Rainbow Group is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.3375, -117.54972
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Rainbow Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Group
Secondary: Includes New Yorker Claim
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Mount Tobin 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
Owner Name: Metals Exploration Corp.
Years: 1961 -
Owner Name: Mercury Corp. Of America
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Sandstone, Shale, And Tuff.
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 3 MILES UP BUSHEE CREEK CANYON FROM THE PEARCE RANCH AND ADJACENT TO THE MERCURY KING (NORTH FORK) GROUP . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): THE RAINBOW GROUP OF 9 CLAIMS LOCATED BY CHESTER AND BUTLER IN 1954 WERE PROBABLY A RESTAKING OF GROUND FORMERLY HELD UNDER ANOTHER NAME. IN 1956-1961 EXPLORATION WAS DONE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MERCURY CORP. OF AMERICA FOR METALS EXPLORATION CORP. HEADED BY GEORGE H. SALMON. ALTHOUGH THE DISCOVERY OF ORE OF GOOD GRADE WAS REPORTED, AND PLANS WERE MADE TO HAUL IT TO A RECOVERY PLANT IN WINNEMUCCA, IT IS NOT KNOWN IF ANY ORE WAS HAULED FROM HERE, AND NO PRODUCTION WAS EVER RECORDED.
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 2 ADITS, THE LONGEST OF WHICH IS MORE THAN 130 FT LONG; A SHALLOW SHAFT, 2 SMALL OPEN PITS AND SEVERAL TRENCHES AND CUTS.
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINING 28 LB HG PER TON WAS REPORTED, BUT NOT SEEN BY BAILEY ET AL.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
