Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

29.32079, -103.62491

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	UNCERTAIN: OPENED 1916, LEASED 1918, REOPENED 1927, OPERATING 1934.
First production started:	1916
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Santa Elena Shale;Del Rio;Boquillas
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Asymmetric Terlingua Anticline

References

MRDS	M055144
DEP	10040390
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: CHESTER, J.W., 1965, MERCURY IN TEXAS: USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: USGS PP 312}{Deposit:: TX BEG MRC-73, P. 19.}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY C.P. ROSS AND OTHERS 1934}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: USBM DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Long, Keith R.