The New Reveille Mine is a zinc, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.00444, -116.18806
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New Reveille Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Reveille Mine
Secondary: Patented Claims: Forlorn Hope
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Liberty. Other Claims: Admiral
Secondary: Admiral No. 1
Secondary: Eagle
Secondary: L.C. Extension.Reveille Lead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Reveille District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Reveille Lead Mining Co.
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: River Mountain Resources
Home Office: British Columbia
Years: 1981 -
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1917-1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Contained 10-30 % Pb, 6-20 Oz Ag Perton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1885
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Reveille Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Geology): THERE WAS SOME REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITIC WALLROCK BY ORE MINERALIZATION.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS AND ADITSLARGE OPEN STOPES, OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS. PREPARATIONS FOR OPEN PIT OPERATION AND POSSIBLE HEAP LEACH OPERATION UNDER WAY IN 1981. LARGEST STOPE 160 FT X 60 FT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CHLORIDE SILVER
Comment (Development): MINED IN 1890'S BY A MR. GILBERT. IN 1904-5, A MR. REISKE DISCOVERED A LARGE DEEPER OREBODY(PB-AG) AND SOLD IT TO A COMPANY THAT WORKED IT FOR 2-3 YEARS. THE CLAIMS WERE PATENTED IN 1913. A TEST SHIPMENT OF SILVER ORE WAS SENT TO THE MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA IN JAN.,1981.
References
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL, 1980
Reference (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, JAN 21, 1981
Reference (Deposit): KRAL,V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50
Reference (Deposit): EKREN, EB, ROGERS,CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. AND BOUGUER GRAVITYMAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD.: USGS MAP I-806
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): DE CARBONUL,WM.,1958, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NEW REVEILLE MINE; NBMG FILE 246, ITEM 5.
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, JAN.21,1981.
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.
