Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 35.41335, -114.15608

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1901 - 1948
First production started: 1883
Last production ended: 1941

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Ithaca Peak Granite
Associated type:Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

References

MRDSM004144
DEP10027800
Reference{Deposit:: DINGS, M.G., 1951, THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F C., 1909, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 397.}{Deposit:: PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE FOR URANIUM IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, 1952 TO 1956: U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, RME-158, JUNE 1970, P. 44.}{Deposit:: MALACH, 1977, MOHAVE COUNTY MINES, P. 28.}{Deposit:: WEED, 1920, MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV, P. 258, 260.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL 978-E, 397}
ReporterJohnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.