The Rex Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Rex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rex Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Along Rhyolite-Andesite Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE CARPER (1920) N. B. OF M. DISTRICT FILES ALSO SEE SIRDEVAN (1913) N. B. OF M. MINING DISTRICT FILES.
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE ORE LODE IS A VEIN ALONG THE FAULT CONTACT BETW/ RHYOLITE AND OVERLYING ANDESITE. THE VEIN IS A ZONE OF CRUSHED SILICIFIED FE-STAINED RHYOLITE FROM 5 TO 15 FT. WIDE. THE FOOTWALL IS THE FAULT SLICKENSLIDE. A CROSS VEIN IN THE RHYOLITE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. MOST OF THE ORE IS OXIDIZED, BUT SULPHIDES (GOLD ASSOC. W/PYRITE) ARE PRESENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MINE.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SHAFTS, NUMBEROUS DRIFTS, ADITS, AND SMALL OPEN PITS. SIRDEVAN IN HIS 1913 REPORT HAS BOTH A MINE MAP AND A PROPERTY MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULT ZONE BEARING AURIFEROUS PYRITE & ARGENTITE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, NUMBEROUS DRIFTS, ADITS AND SMALL OPEN PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): CARPER A. F. (1920) REPORT ON REX MINE & COLORADO GRANDE GROUP, N. B. OF M. MINING DISTRICT FILES
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN W. H. (1913) REPORT ON THE RES MINE, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, MINING DISTRICT FILES
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H.(1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. NEV., USGS BULL 408
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.
