The Reese and Berry is a beryllium and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,621 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,621 Feet (2,323 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 39.42917, -116.06667
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Reese and Berry MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reese and Berry
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Fish Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Union Carbide Co.
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY UNION CARBIDE IN 1961, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED THEIR OPTION
Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE AND BERYL IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY UNION CARBIDE IN 1961, THEY SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED THEIR OPTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE ORE IS MOSTLY FLUORITE AND BERYL IN A THRUST ZONE BETWEEN EUREKA QUARTIZITE AND SILURIAN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 73, REFERENCE NO. 3201100049
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL, (1967)
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64
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.
