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New Reveille Mine

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044332
MRDS ID M231731
Record type Site
Current site name New Reveille Mine
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Forlorn Hope, Last Chance, Liberty. Other Claims: Admiral, Admiral No. 1, Eagle, L.C. Extension.Reveille Lead Mine
Related records 10310480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.18895, 38.00439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 2.05 MILES SW OF REVEILLE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reveille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 51E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Williams Ridge Tuff
    Rock description Williams Ridge Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.18895, 38.00439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Contact. Ore Is Localized By Fault Intersections In Presence Of Brittle Eureka Quartzite. Drag Zones Along Fault And Fracture Intersections Acted As Solution Channels.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE WAS SOME REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITIC WALLROCK BY ORE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Reveille District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reveille Lead Mining Co.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner River Mountain Resources
    Home office British Columbia
    First year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1917-1950
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Contained 10-30 % Pb, 6-20 Oz Ag Perton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 9000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 276.991 g/mt Silver Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CHLORIDE SILVER

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHAFTS AND ADITSLARGE OPEN STOPES, OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS. PREPARATIONS FOR OPEN PIT OPERATION AND POSSIBLE HEAP LEACH OPERATION UNDER WAY IN 1981. LARGEST STOPE 160 FT X 60 FT.

Comments on development

  • MINED IN 1890'S BY A MR. GILBERT. IN 1904-5, A MR. REISKE DISCOVERED A LARGE DEEPER OREBODY(PB-AG) AND SOLD IT TO A COMPANY THAT WORKED IT FOR 2-3 YEARS. THE CLAIMS WERE PATENTED IN 1913. A TEST SHIPMENT OF SILVER ORE WAS SENT TO THE MT. HOPE MILL IN EUREKA IN JAN.,1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EKREN, EB, ROGERS,CL, AND DIXON, GL, 1973, GEOL. AND BOUGUER GRAVITYMAP OF THE REVEILLE QUAD.: USGS MAP I-806

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL 50

  • Deposit

    DE CARBONUL,WM.,1958, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE NEW REVEILLE MINE; NBMG FILE 246, ITEM 5.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, JAN.21,1981.

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL, 1980

  • Reserve-Resource

    THE MINING RECORD, JAN 21, 1981

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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