Reese and Berry

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

Name: Reese and Berry  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.