Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called 'Neale Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.62607, -112.57468

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Sulfur
Ore:	Sulfur
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1946

Geology

Host rock:	Mt. Belknap Volcanics;Bullion Canyon Volcanics;Carbonates, Ss, And Conglomerates;Callville-Pakoon (Host)
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Tuff
Structure:	Basin/Plateau Transition Zone, Local N-S Trending High Angle Faults And Low Angle Glide Faults N50-65e At 45-60 Nw
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Hingeline
Alteration processes:	Clay

References

MRDS	D004665
DEP	10010735
Reference	{Deposit:: MOORE, J.N. & SAMBERG, S.M., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA: UNIV. OF UTAH RESEARCH INST. EARTH SCIENCE LAB.}{Deposit:: BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL. 110.}{Deposit:: USGS MF-202 GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PART OF THE BEAVER QUADRANGLE}{Deposit:: CASKEY, C.F., 1975, MID-TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY, SEVIER-COVE FORT AREA, CENTRAL UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGY, V. 2, NO. 1.}{Deposit:: 1906 RECON LEE, W.T., USGS BULL 315}{Deposit:: 1977 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, USGS OPEN FILE 77-569}{Deposit:: UNION OIL COMPANY, 1978, COVE FORT-SULPHURDALE KGRA, MILLARD AND BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, GEOLOGIC MAP, TECHNICAL REPORTS......U OF U MS RODRIGUEZ, E.L., 1961, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SULPHUR DEPOSITS AT SULPHURDALE}{Deposit:: 1979 RECON STEVEN & CUNNINGHAM, OPEN FILE 79-535}{Production:: EVERTS, M.L, 1979, GEOLOGIST.}
Reporter	Everts, Michael L.