Rex Claims

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, Lead, Antimony, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037788
MRDS ID M042772
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.01567, 38.72325 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sulfur Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Breccias

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2576, GRAB FROM DUMP OF SILICIFIED BRECCIATED ROCK WITH CINNABAR AND NATIVE SULFUR CONTAINS 0.05% FE, 1.5% CA, 20 PPM AG, 200 PPM AS, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 500 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 7 PPM N1, 1500 PPM PB, + 10000 PPM SB, 150 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 7000 PPM ZN.

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) -118.01567, 38.72325

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEP EAST
    Length 2000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw-Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. M. C. Corp
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE EXPLORATION FOR AU-AG DEPOSIT BY FMC. ZONE SCHEDULED TO BE DRILLED IN FALL, 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 11 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 94-98, (GENERAL)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROMINENT FAULT ZONE MARKED BY SILICIFIED BRECCIAS LOCALLY CONTAINING SULFUR, CINNABAR, BARITE. SOME ALUNITE OCCURS IN SOUTHERN PART OF FAULT ZONE. ANOMALOUS GOLD OCCURS AT A FEW PLACES IN THE BRECCIA. APPEARS VERY SIMILAR TO HG OCCURRENCES AT MAIN PARADISE PEAK. DEPOSIT THAT ARE ABOVE THE AU-AG ZONE. THIS AREA WAS SCHEDULED TO BE EXPLORED BY DRILLING IN FALL, 1984.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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