The Rex Montis Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 12,001 feet.
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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: 12,001 Feet (3,658 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.79639, -118.34222
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Rex Montis Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rex Montis Mine
Secondary: Mountain View
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Beaveridge
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
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: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND SAMPLES ASSAYED 4 OZ. AU/TON, 18-30% CU.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS. UPPER AND LOWER TUNNELS AT 12,000 AND 10,500 FT. ELEVATIONS. EARLY WORKINGS EXPOSED 3 ORE SHOOTS. STOPES ON SHOOTS WERE 80, 20 AND 55 FT. LONG, AND AVG. 3.5 FT. IN THICKNESS. SHAFT OF 10,500 FT. ELEVATION, FROM WHICH STOPES HOLED THROUGH TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE ARCTIC, BOOMERANG, IBEX AND MOUNTAIN VIEW. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS, EACH AVG. 3.5 FT. IN THICKNESS, WITH HIGH-GRADE ORE
Comment (Commodity): GOLD DESCRIBED AS RUSTY
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LOC. PROJECTED; LAND UNSURVEYED
References
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART (1951)
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 161
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 415-416
Reference (Deposit): WARING, C.A., AND HUGHENIN, E., 1917, GOLD-INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 82
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