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Rex Rex-Pine

Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Magnesite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037281
MRDS ID M031244
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Rex-Pine
Alternate or previous names Rex-Pine
Related records 10184305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33976, 38.92411 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Track Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Red Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
12N 59E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnesite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33976, 38.92411
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Nearby

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Currant Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 114M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH TOTAL IS FOR 4 HOLES; 2 LESS THAN 60 FT EACH, 1 IS 157 FT BELOW SURFACE AND THE LAST ONE IS 110 FT BELOW SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VITALIANO, CHARLES J., 1951 MAGNESIUM-MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT NEV., U.S. GEO BULL 978

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976, GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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