The Rex Mine is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,508 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: 4,508 Feet (1,374 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.5375, -115.87220
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Rex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rex Mine
Secondary: Amazon Mine
Secondary: Sixteen-To-One Mine
Secondary: Interstate Mine
Secondary: Carlisle Mine
Secondary: Idora Mine
Secondary: Parrott Mine
Secondary: Nepsic Mine
Secondary: Mt Goat Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Day Mines, Inc.
Company ID: 1000502
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE INTRUSIVES IN THE MONITOR ARE SMALL DIKES THAT ARE RELAT THE INTRUSION OF THE NEARBY GEM STOCKS 5-75 THE MONITOR MINE INCORPORATES SEVERAL OLD MINES WHICH I THE INTERSTATE, AMAZON, CARLISLE, REX, IDORA, PARROTT, AND N THESE OLD MINES ARE MINED OUT AND ARE RECORDED IN THE MAS SY LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS ONLY. 5-75 THE ONLY CURRENT PRODUCING AREA OF THE MONITOR IS THE G ROCK LEASE. THE GRAY ROCK LSE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE SUFFICIE RESERVES FOR1.5YEARS, OR APPROX. 30,000 METRIC TONS, AT THE RATE OF PRODUCTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): DAY MINES INC ANN REPT 1970, 1973, 1974
Reference (Deposit): ROALES 1973 MS THESIS UNIV OF IDAHO
Reference (Deposit): SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 99, 111
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445
Reference (Deposit): PIPER 1925 UNIV IDAHO MS THESIS: PARAG PRIM ORES FROM REX-S
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS 1952 USGS OP-FILE REP: GEOL NOTES ORE DEP CANYON-9MIL
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 156P
Reference (Deposit): SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 98, 111
Reference (Deposit): DAY MINES INC ANN REPT TO THE SEC AND EXCH COMM FOR 1974 FO
Reference (Deposit): CROSBY 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194
Reference (Deposit): CROSBY, G.M. 1959 MINING ENG VOL11 NO 7 P 697-700
Reference (Deposit): MCKINSTRY AND SVENDSEN 1942 ECON GEOL V.37 NO 3 P 215-230
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