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Rex Claim #6

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047653
MRDS ID M243069
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Claim #6
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 3814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2029, 39.15741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1542

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 034E 18 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE BELL CANYON, WEST OF NEVADA CROWN MINE AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3814 CONTAINS 1.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.05% CA, 0.1% TI, 100 PPM MN, 10 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 10 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 150 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2029, 39.15741
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 SW
    Length 546.8M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spectrum Exploration, Le Roi Spriggs
    Home office Hawthorne, NV
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • REX CLAIMS FILED AFTER 1982 CLOSURE AREA RECENTLY SAMPLED BY TENNECO/ECHO BAY, BUT NOT REGARDED OPTIMISTICALLY BY THEM AS A POTENTIAL TARGET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, MINING CLAIM FILES AND RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER, MINING CLAIM RECORDS.

  • Deposit

    JONSON, D.C., 1986, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SOUTH FAIRVIEW DISTRICT FOR TENNECO MINERALS CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE 3814 WAS TAKEN FROM ANOTHER PROSPECT ACROSS THE CANYON TO THE SOUTH, BUT ALONG THE SAME BRECCIA ZONE AS SAMPLE #3813.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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