The Rex Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,291 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,291 Feet (1,308 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.53556, -115.87167
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Rex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rex Mine
Secondary: North
Secondary: Sixteen-To-One Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Placer Center)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Day Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1900 - 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.4 Oz Ag/Ton, 3.2 % Pb, 3.2 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnet, Pyroxene, Epidote
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): DEPTH BELOW SURFACE IS A 1923 FIGURE
Comment (Location): ON NW SIDE OF E FK OF NINEMILE CREEK, ABOUT A MI E OF DOBSON PASS
Comment (Deposit): REX-SNOWSTORM MINERAL BELT IS ABOUT 48000 FT. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT. { 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 172 . GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P. GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 492
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