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Rainbow

Prospect, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Au
Gangue minerals quartz

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale JU
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale B-2
Latitude 58.3381
Longitude -134.5848
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Location and accuracy The Rainbow prospect is near sea level on the north end of Douglas Island, 1/4 mile west of Ninemile Creek and 1/2 mile northeast of Hut Point. It is near the SW corner of section 2, T. 41 S., R. 66 E. of the Copper River Meridian. The location is accurate within 1/4 mile.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

The Rainbow prospect was discovered in 1955 in a rock quarry. The deposit consists of quartz veins in black phyllite. No other information is available (Redman and others, 1989).
Geologic map unit (-134.586580760853, 58.3377720027906)

Production and reserves

Indication of production None

References

References

Redman, E.C., Maas, K.M., Kurtak, J.M., and Miller, L.D., 1991, Section D: Juneau Gold Belt subarea, in U.S. Bureau of Mines, Mineral investigations in the Juneau Mining District, Alaska, 1984-1988: Volume 2 - Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication VOL. 2D, 424 p., 19 sheets.
Reporters J.C. Barnett and L.D. Miller (Juneau, Alaska )
Last report date 12/15/2001