The Rainbow Mine is a gold mine located in Imperial county, California.
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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
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Rainbow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Mine
Secondary: El Lucero
Secondary: Hess
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
District: Chocolate Mountains
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES, AND CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): AU-BEARING STRINGERS IN PREC? GNEISS THAT EXTEND A KNOWN DISTANCE OF ABOUT 1 MILE UNDER THE MOUNTAIN. GOLD OCCURS AS FINE LEAF.
Comment (Geology): SURFACE COVERED WITH A THIN MANTLE OF DEBRIS FROM BASALT FLOW OVERLYING GNEISS TO SW. RIDGES TO THE NE ARE UNDERLAIN BY TERT PYROCLASTICS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 58
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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