Rainbow

The Rainbow is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 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  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 38.0622, -115.85500

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Rainbow MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rainbow
Secondary: Bruno Prospect
Secondary: Fluorspar Corp of America
Secondary: Hope


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Calcium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Quinn Canyon District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: Ed Slavin
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Wesley Koyen
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1941
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Names): FLUORSPAR CORPORATION IS NOT ACTIVE IN THE AREA,1981

Comment (Ownership): ED SLAVIN OWNS THE BRUNO PROSPECT PORTION

Comment (Location): PROSPECT IS REPORTED IN SECS. 1, 12, AND 13 (NYE COUNTY) AND IN SECS. 24 AND 25 (LINCOLN COUNTY). THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN SEC. 1 IN NYE COUNTY.

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS SMALL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MAS EVALUATORS COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE RESOURCE QUANTITY AND GRADE


References

Reference (Deposit): CANYON RANGE USGS BULL.1272C

Reference (Deposit): BENSON W T,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE CO.,NEV.USBM

Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURY AND KLEINHAMPLE 1969,FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN QUINN

Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.1962,FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.,NEV.BUR.OF MINES MAP 3

Reference (Deposit): BULL.65

Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.1961,AN INV. FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.NEV.BUR MINES

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE K G,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BULL.93

Reference (Deposit): AR OCCURRENCE IN NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS,PRIVATE REPORT AND SUPPLEMENT

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE K G,1974,1975,DATA FROM FIELD INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSP

Reference (Deposit): PRELIMINARY REPORT

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS A A,1955,INVENTORY OF NEV.FLUORSPAR;FLUORSPAR CORP.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.