The Rainbow Extension is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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Rainbow Extension MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainbow Extension
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): CONTACT WHICH DIPS STEEPLY E & IS FOUND IN SCHIST A FEW FT E. THE SAME N FAULT THAT CUTS THE VEIN IN MIDDLE ADIT, HERE DISPLACES VEIN BUT NOT SERP CONTACT. W VEIN REGULAR, WITHOUT BENDS & SPLITS. W SCHIST WALLROCKS, THO SERP MAY LIE OVERHEAD.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4
Comment (Commodity): HIGH-GRADE ORE OBTAINED N OF SPLIT IN E VEIN. POSITION OF SML HIGH GRADE SHOOT IN E VEIN APPEARS DEPENDENT ON JUNCTION AND MAY EXTEND TO GREATER DEPTH.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION ON W VEIN. IDLE FOR SOME YEARS BEFORE 1934 . NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS TOTAL 800 FT. 5TH, SPIRITUALIST ADIT, OF UNKNOWN LENGTH.
Comment (Geology): 2 VEINS, S EXTENSION OF 16 - TO - 1 LYING IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST & W BLACK SLATY CONGLOMERATE 250 FT W OF W VEIN. SML SERPENTINE MASS ALONG FOOTWALL OF S PART OF E VEIN IN UPPER ADIT & SURFACE. W VEIN, KNOWN AS TWENTY-ONE VEIN, MAY HAVE ALTERED EDGE OF SERP MASS TO GOSSAN SAME AS ON NW EXT OF CLINTON VEIN OF RAINBOW MINE; IT SHOWS CONTINUOUS QTZ TO SPIRITUALIST ADIT WHERE IT FADES TO SML POORLY DEFINED SLIP. MAIN ADIT RECOVERS THIS VEIN 250 FT W, WHERE IT IS CUT BY STEEP W DIPPING FAULT; VEIN STRIKES AVE. N 30 W, DIPS 50 - 75 NW. FAULT MAY BE CONTINUATION OF CLINTON VEIN, W FLATTER DIP & MAY ALSO BE SAME FAULT DISPLACING E VEIN. LOWER ADITS E VEIN LESS REGULAR THAN W. VEIN. S. OF E. VEIN SPLIT, THE BRANCHES GROW LESS DEFINITE. E BRANCH FOLLOWED FOR 300 FT IN MIDDLE ADIT, WHERE IT FADES INTO SML STRINGERS IN INDEFINITE HANGING WALL WHICH HERE STRIKES E OF N. UPPER ADIT PROSPECTS PROBABLE E BRANCH. NEAR PORTAL SERPENTINE FORMS FOOTWALL. TO THE S THE VEIN DIPS 40 NE, LEAVES SERPENTINE
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 38 , NO. 1 , P. 63 .
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.; USGS PROF. PAPER 172 , P. 105 , P. 106 .
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, 1932
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