The Rex is a gold and silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.71472, -120.27222
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Rex MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rex
Secondary: Rogers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Entiat District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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.
Administrative Organization: In Entiat State Wildlife Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of Washington
Home Office: Washington
Owner Name: Bert Rogers, Entiat
Years: 1943 -
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): MORE THAN $170,000 PRODUCED BEFORE 1930. MOST OF ORE MILLED AVERAGED ABOUT 1 OZ/TON AU
Comment (Location): IN DRAINAGE OF CRUM CANYON, A TRIBUATRY TO ENTIAT RIVER
Comment (Deposit): 2 OXIDIZED QUARTZ VEINS, 3-12 IN. WIDE
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017908 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 20
Reference (Production): HUNTTING
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