Rex Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144942
MRDS ID W026646
MAS/MILS ID 0160790046
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Mine
Alternate or previous names Amazon Mine, Sixteen-To-One Mine, Interstate Mine, Carlisle Mine, Idora Mine, Parrott Mine, Nepsic Mine, Mt Goat Lease
Related records 10089460, 10168828

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.87322, 47.53737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1374
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 048 N 005 E 06 SENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.87322, 47.53737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N75W:65N
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Placer Center

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.
    ID 1000502
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROALES 1973 MS THESIS UNIV OF IDAHO

  • Deposit

    DAY MINES INC ANN REPT 1970, 1973, 1974

  • Deposit

    MCKINSTRY AND SVENDSEN 1942 ECON GEOL V.37 NO 3 P 215-230

  • Deposit

    CROSBY, G.M. 1959 MINING ENG VOL11 NO 7 P 697-700

  • Deposit

    CROSBY 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194

  • Deposit

    DAY MINES INC ANN REPT TO THE SEC AND EXCH COMM FOR 1974 FO

  • Deposit

    SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 98, 111

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 156P

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS 1952 USGS OP-FILE REP: GEOL NOTES ORE DEP CANYON-9MIL

  • Deposit

    PIPER 1925 UNIV IDAHO MS THESIS: PARAG PRIM ORES FROM REX-S

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445

  • Deposit

    SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 99, 111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE INTRUSIVES IN THE MONITOR ARE SMALL DIKES THAT ARE RELAT THE INTRUSION OF THE NEARBY GEM STOCKS 5-75 THE MONITOR MINE INCORPORATES SEVERAL OLD MINES WHICH I THE INTERSTATE, AMAZON, CARLISLE, REX, IDORA, PARROTT, AND N THESE OLD MINES ARE MINED OUT AND ARE RECORDED IN THE MAS SY LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS ONLY. 5-75 THE ONLY CURRENT PRODUCING AREA OF THE MONITOR IS THE G ROCK LEASE. THE GRAY ROCK LSE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE SUFFICIE RESERVES FOR1.5YEARS, OR APPROX. 30,000 METRIC TONS, AT THE RATE OF PRODUCTION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/20/1985
MSHA mine ID1000502
Mine name (MSHA)Goldback Mill
Current operatorGoldback Mines Corp
Current controller (parent)Costea Albert
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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