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Reymert Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Silica, Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048319
MRDS ID M899890
Record type Site
Current site name Reymert Mine
Alternate or previous names Alaska Shaft, Australia, Denoon Property, Devoux Property, America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Great Pacific
Related records 10161987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.20181, 33.24453 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 5.1 MI NNE OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELEV. 3351) AND WEST OF SUPERIOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 011E 22,27,26,15,23 E2 (22); E2 (27) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE REYMERT MINE IS A GROUP OF SEVEN CONTINUOUS CLAIMS THAT RUN N-S ALONG THE EAST EDGE OF SECTIONS 22 AND 27. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Silica Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.20181, 33.24453
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Transverse Faults And Narrowing And Swelling Of The Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 75-90 EAST
    Thickness 124.97M
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein, Nnw Trending

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY INTRUSION AND VOLCANISM. 15.8-17.4 MY QUARTZ LATITE EXPOSED 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF MINE WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer John Reymert
Year of first production 1887
Production years 1887-1930, 1935-1960

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Triple Nichol Inc.
    First year 1989

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH SILICA-SILVER ZONES CURRENTLY BEING MINED FOR FLUX IN 1988 FOR INSPIRATION SMELTER.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1986
    Total resources 426000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 127.06 g/mt Silver Major 1986
    Silica SiO2 70 wt-pct Silica Major 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 124.97M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAIN SHAFTS, THE ALASKA SHAFT AND ANOTHER ONE ABOUT 2,000 FT S, LATERAL WORK DONE INCLUDES A FEW TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 7 CONTINUOUS PATENTED CLAIMS, AMERICA, ALASKA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA, EUROPE, AND GREAT PACIFIC. THE MINE PRODUCED MN-BEARING SILVER ORE. USBM-ABGMT LISTS AS PAST OPERATORS REYMERT EXTENSION SILVER MINES INC. (1946), JAMES TODD, W.J. FALBACH, W. FALBACH AND A. HABSTRITT (1935), REYMERT MINING CO. (1930), JACKSON, DIGGS, COOLEY AND HICKS (1927), INSPRIATION (1987).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM DISTRICT SHEET #597 SE, 1/2, T. 2S, R. 11E

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USBM FILE DATA CLUSTER #899.

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L., U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 143-144.

  • Deposit

    ROMSLO, T., AND RAVITZ, S., 1947, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4097, P. 10-13.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS--1989-90: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 36, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ZONE CUTS SCHIST AND IS COMPOSED OF BANDS OF QUARTZ AND BARITE. THE MANGANIFEROUS CALCITES AND SIDERITE ARE CRYSTALLINE AND IN PLACES WIDEN INTO LENSES. EPITHERMAL SILVER MANGANESE VEIN SYSTEM.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002471 OF J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-MAR-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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