Mine detail: Rainbow Project

Previously called 'Alice Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.0327, -112.53699

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Gold, Lead
Other material: Argentite, Chalcedony, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1874

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Plant

Geology

References

MAS300930072
DEP10270336
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ReporterSpear, James M.