Rainbow Uranium Prospect

The Rainbow Uranium Prospect is a uranium mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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 Uranium Prospect

State: Nevada

County: Nye

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.7119, -117.07780

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Rainbow Uranium Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rainbow Uranium Prospect
Secondary: Rainbow Nos. 1-7
Secondary: Henenbergh Prospect
Secondary: Henenbergh Tunnel
Secondary: Ge Claim Group 1977

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

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.

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALSO FIELD CHECKED IN 1993. JOHN AND PERRY HENEBERGH OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, NV LOCATED THE RAINBOW NOS. 1-7 CLAIMS IN 1928. THESE CLAIMS, OR RATHER THE MAIN ADIT, ARE BEST KNOWN AS THE "HENEBERG TUNNEL". ORIGINALLY LOCATED FOR GOLD, URANIUM (AUTINITE) WAS IDENTIFIED IN 1930. THE "TUNNEL" IS 411 FEET LONG, HAS 7 CROSSCUTS, A 202 FT DEEP WINZE AND A RAISE TO THE SURFACE. OWNERSHIP PASSED TO CARL FORD, ROUND MOUNTAIN, BETWEEN 1966 AND 1974. THE PERPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE LOW RISK CLAIM GROUP, ACCORDING TO NV BLM 1993 MASTER TITLE PLATS.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY MAP, GQ-40, 1954, 1/125,000.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINATION REPORT, RAINBOW URANIUM

Reference (Deposit): PROSPECT, R. R. TRENGOVE AND F. J. WEIBELT, 1953, 3 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL REPORT OF FIELD EXAMINATION

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reference (Deposit): NO. 12, HENEBERGH TUNNEL, R. U. KING, AND W. A. ROBERTS,

Reference (Deposit): 1949, 6 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOIGCAL SURVEY TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 169, T. G. LOVERING, 1953, P. 39-42.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. AEC RME-2013, SUMMARY REPORT OF RECONNAISSANCE AND

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 22

Reference (Deposit): AND 179.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, P. 26

Reference (Deposit): (LOCATION ONLY).

Reference (Deposit): 1973, P. 88-89.

Reference (Deposit): GIBBS, A. D., 1976, URANIUM GEOLOGY OF THE GRANITIC ROCKS

Reference (Deposit): EAST OF ROUND MOUNTAIN, NV, SAN DIEGO, CA MASTERS THESIS,

Reference (Deposit): P. 34-37.

Reference (Deposit): HURLEY, B.W., AND PARKER, D.P., 1982, NATIONAL URANIUM

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCE EVALUATION TONOPAH QUADRANGLE, NV, P. 16-19

Reference (Deposit): AND 29.

Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, 1988, HENEBERGH TUNNEL, 6 P.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-14,

Reference (Deposit): MAP LOCATION (INCORRECT).

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): EXPLORATION FOR URANIUM DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): H. C. DAVIS, 1954, P. 11.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 81, L. J. GARSIDE,

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.