Rainbow

The Rainbow is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 16 feet.

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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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Site Name

Primary: Rainbow

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1945
Description: Production Reported 13 Troy Ounces Gold, 6 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1942
Description: Production Reported 10 Troy Ounces Gold, 13 Troy Ounces Silver
Year: 1940
Mined: 12.120 mt
Material type: Ore
Description: 11 Short Tons Ore, Production Reported 52 Troy Ounces Silver, Production Reported 61 Pounds Copper, Production Reported 227 Pounds Lead
Year: 1938
Mined: 7.710 mt
Material type: ore
Description: Production Reported 7 Short Tons Ore
Year: 1939
Description: Production Reported 29 Troy Ounces Gold, 10 Troy Ounces Silver

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Plagioclase
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SECOND LARGEST GOLD PRODUCER IN REID INLET CLAIM LAPSED; NO CURRENT OWNER. SURFICIAL MATERIAL WAS MINED. ASSAYS SHOWED UP TO 10.211 OZ. AU & 2.043 OZ. AG PER TON, ALSO IN PPM 1,500 AS, 500 PB & 2,000 ZN. SIX LODE CLAIMS WERE LOCATED IN 1936 BY IBACH AND NEWMONT MINING COMPANY. PROPERTY LEASED IN 1945 BY LEROY MINING COMPANY.

Comment (Production): EXACT YEARS AND AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. FIGURES MAY INCLUDE AT LEAST PART OF THE PRODUCTION FROM THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES MONARCH, INCAS MONARCH, GALENA NO. 1, & SUNRISE.

References

Reference (Deposit): OF78-494 pp. C206-C215

Reference (Deposit): OF78-316 pp. 49-50

Reference (Deposit): MF436

Reference (Deposit): P632 pp. 59-60, 69

Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 160

Reference (Deposit): B1058B pp. 37-39, 52, 54

Reference (Deposit): B963A pp. 31, 33-34

Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 17

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 111-006

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