The Rees is a tungsten, silver, and copper mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Tungsten, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.75333, -114.28389
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Rees MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rees
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Eagle
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORES AVERAGED 4% WO3, 28 OZ/T AG, 1% CU
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): EST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): REES MINE DISCOVERED IN 1940. PRODUCTION DATA FOR AG AND CU INCLUDE ENTIRE EAGLE DISTRICT PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ONGOING IN 1980
Comment (Workings): MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT 160 FT LONG WITH 2 SMALL STOPES AND SHORT CROSSCUTS, A 50-FT SHAFT, PITS, TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): VEIN MINED FOR 200 FEET ALONG STRIKE, AND 30 FEET DOWN DIP. ORE IN IRREGULAR LENSES UP TO 50 FEET LONG
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN IS EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 120 FT, STRONGLY MINERALIZED FOR 70 FT. ORE SHOOTS ARE IRREGULAR, WITH LENSES UP TO 50 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO, NEV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): SAYEED, U.A., 1973, UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PH.D. DISS.
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION, ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN NEVADA.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
