Rex Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Production statistics
  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 10089460
MRDS ID W026646
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Mine
Alternate or previous names North, Sixteen-To-One Mine
Related records 10144942, 10168828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87269, 47.53543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1308
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI NE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW SIDE OF E FK OF NINEMILE CREEK, ABOUT A MI E OF DOBSON PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet, Pyroxene, Epidote

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation;Burke Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formationt;Burke Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.87269, 47.53543

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, STRINGERS
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG N
    Length 106.68M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Placer Center)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period 1900 - 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.4 Oz Ag/Ton, 3.2 % Pb, 3.2 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 3wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 40g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH BELOW SURFACE IS A 1923 FIGURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REX-SNOWSTORM MINERAL BELT IS ABOUT 48000 FT. LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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