Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.99105, -113.18026

Resource(B)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Zinc
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Hanauer Limestone;Gilson Dolomite;Prospect Mtn. Quartzite
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Basin And Range, Mineralized Faults At Right Angles To Nw Trending Major Faults. Buckhorn Thrust Fault Crosses Property
Tectonic:	Sevier Orogenic Belt
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization Of Hanauer Limestone

References

MRDS	DC15289
DEP	10021252
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., CARR, W.J.; 1964 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS AND DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB & TOOELE CO., UTAH USGS PP 415}{Deposit:: USGS PROF. PAPER 415, 1964}{Deposit:: USGS TOPO QUAD, DUGWAY RANGE NW, 7.5, 1953}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP STAATZ & CARR, 1964, USGS PP 41}{Production:: EADS, J.P., 1981, U.G.M.S.: ON SITE INVESTIGATION}
Reporter	Unknown, Eads, James P.