Rex Mine

The Rex Mine is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,508 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

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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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