Mine detail: Rainbow Mine

Previously called 'Rainbow Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.06134, -115.85366

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1941

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	The Tuff Strikes N65w, Dip 20 Sw.

References

MRDS	M231871
DEP	10044451
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52}{Deposit:: SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 17}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979, P. 55}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)