Rainbow Group

The Rainbow Group is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,152 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: Rainbow Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

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.


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