Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.72979, -110.93598

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Dripping Springs Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Diabase

References

MRDS	M002975
DEP	10027370
Reference	{Deposit:: GRANGER, H.C., RAUP, R.B., 1959, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE DRIPPING SPRING QUARTZITE, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1046-P, P. 455.}{Deposit:: SCHWARTZ, R.J., 1957, URANIUM OCCURENCES OF GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PUBLICATION RME-2071, P. 43.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)