The Rainbow No. 2 Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.7525, -116.41610
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Rainbow No. 2 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow No. 2 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Little North Fork 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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.)
Owner Name: Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritization
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): About 1 Mi From Little N Fk Coeur D'Alene River
Comment (Development): 3 Patented, 1 Unpatented, Claims
Comment (Geology): Beds Strike N 30 Deg W, Dip 25 Deg Sw
Comment (Deposit): Merger Of Rainbow Min. And Milling Co. Into Coeur D'Alenes Corp In 1968
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much-Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original Alteration entry: Chloritization
Comment (Geology): Original Ore Control entry: Fissure
Comment (Production): No Production (Idaho Bur Mines)
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, April 10 , 1968
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