New Reveille Mine (L.C. Extension; Reveille Lead Mine; Forelorn Hope claim; Last Chance claim; Liberty claim; Admiral claim; Admiral No. 1 claim; Eagle claim), Reveille, Reveille Mining District, Reveille Range, Nye County, Nevada, USAi

Regional Level Types
New Reveille Mine (L.C. Extension; Reveille Lead Mine; Forelorn Hope claim; Last Chance claim; Liberty claim; Admiral claim; Admiral No. 1 claim; Eagle claim)	Mine
Reveille	- not defined -
Reveille Mining District	Mining District
Reveille Range	Mountain Range
Nye County	County
Nevada	State
USA	Country

Deposit: Discovery Year: 1880s

Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement

Development: Mined in 1890s 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 January, 1981.

Geology: There was some replacement of dolomitic wallrock by ore mineralization.

Rock formation(s): Williams Ridge Tuff


Ore(s): 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.


Structure: Several fault sets have complexly cut the rocks in the Reveille area, with prominent sets trending N-S, NW, NE, and E-W. In particular, the NE-trending faults that cut the Eureka quartzite in the vicinity of the Gila and New Reveille mines may have contributed to ore formation. Also, five major zones of E-W-faulting a cut across the entire range and have exerted much structural control in channeling mineralizing solutions.

Alteration: Alteration of rocks in the district is extensive and includes at least four types: 1. extensive silicification of dolomite to jasperoid with some accompanying hematite staining. 2. sericitization and pyritization of dacite, as well as propylitization causing formation of a chlorite-calcite-hematite-some pyrite assemblage. 3. kaolinization and other clay-alteration of rhyolite and quartz latite tuffs; also sericitization of same host rocks 4. kaolinization, sericitization, and silicification of the silicic intrusive rocks.

Commodity: Ore Materials: cerargyrite, cerussite, argentiferous galena and sphalerite, argentite, pyrargyrite, rosasite, free gold, stibnite, malachite, azurite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, arsenopyrite, antimony oxides, smithsonite, hemimorphite, beaverite, jarosite, tennantite, conichalcite, anglesite. Gangue Materials: jasperoid, pyrite, quartz, sericite, kaolinite, calcite, gypsum, fluorite, barite, iron and manganese oxides.

Deposit: The mines of the district occupy a window of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks in overlying Tertiary volcanic rocks. The bulk of the production came from shallow oxidized lead-silver ore bodies that formed along silicified fault zones between the Paleozoic sedimentary rocks and overlying Tertiary volcanic rock. Ore is localized by a fault contact where faults intersect brittle Eureka Quartzite. Drag zones along fault and fracture intersections acted as solution channels. Ore occurs both as fissure-fillings and replacement veins along brecciated fault zones. Ores have been mined chiefly from the oxidized zones and include a diverse mineralogy. mined

Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement

Development: The first Reveille district deposits (Gila, Kietzke, Burro) in the northern part of the district around the Reveille townsite, were discovered in 1866, and in 1869 stamp mills were built to treat the ore in Reveille Valley, 12 miles to the west. One mill continued production until 1879, by which time, $1.5 million in bullion had been produced. These operations ceased in about 1890. In the late 1880s, a new camp was discovered and established at New Reveille, about two miles south of the first Reveille mines and operated in the 1890s, 1904-1907 and sporadically from 1911 to the 1950s. The New Reveille mine was mined in the 1890s by a Mr. Gilbert. In 1904-5, a Mr. Reiske discovered a large deeper Pb-Ag orebody and sold it to a company that worked it for 2-3 years. The claims were patented in 1913. It was operated by the Reveille Lead Mining Co. in 1949. In the early 1970s, S.G. Associates secured leases on all patented and unpatented claims in the district and did exploratory mapping and sampling and identification of exploration targets, controlling over 2300 acres in the district. In the mid-1970s, all the major Reveille mines were consolidated under the Gold Creek Mining Company, which attempted to open pit mine ore from the various deposits, and haul the ore to heap leach pads at the western foot of the mountains to be processed. The mine property was owned by River Mountain Resources, British Columbia in 1981. A test shipment of silver ore was sent to the Mount Hope mill in Eureka in January, 1981. The South Reveille mine was listed in 1981 as an active open pit mine and heap leach operation, employing 10 persons. This period of mining activity was not, however, successful, and the camp was once again abandoned. The possibility exists for large replacement ore bodies in thick Paleozoic carbonates below the faulted contact with overlying volcanic rocks, which has not been tested by drilling. The earliest Reveille district deposits (Gila, Kietzke, Burro, Antimonial) in the northern part of the district around the Reveille townsite, were discovered in 1866, and in 1869 stamp mills were built to treat the ore in Reveille Valley, 12 miles to the west. One mill continued production until 1879. by which time, $1.5 million in bullion had been produced. These operations ceased in about 1890. In the late 1880s, a new camp was discovered and established at New Reveille, about two miles south of the first Reveille mines and operated in the 1890s, 1904-1907 and sporadically from 1911 to the 1950s. The New Reveille mine was mined in the 1890s by a Mr. Gilbert. In 1904-5, a Mr. Reiske discovered a large deeper Pb-Ag orebody and sold it to a company that worked it for 2-3 years. The claims were patented in 1913. It was operated by the Reveille Lead Mining Co. in 1949. In the mid-1970s, all the major Reveille mines were consolidated under the Gold Creek Mining Company, which attempted to open pit mine ore from the various deposits, and haul the ore to heap leach pads at the western foot of the mountains to be processed. The mine property was owned by River Mountain Resources, British Columbia in 1981. A test shipment of silver ore was sent to the Mount Hope mill in Eureka in January, 1981. The South Reveille mine was listed in 1981 as an active open pit mine and heap leach operation, employing 10 persons. This period of mining activity was not, however, successful, and the camp was once again abandoned.

Geology: The Paleozoic sediments form a homoclinal sequence striking about N-S and dipping 20-30 west. These rocks have been extensively and complexly faulted. Rhyolitic to quartz latitic welded crystal tuffs overlie the Paleozoic sequence on the east side of the range. There is a major N-S-trending fault running through the Reveille townsite separating altered from fresh tuff. Mildly to intensely altered dacite flows cover the Paleozoic rocks on the west side of the range. The Paleozoic sediments are predominantly Ordovician-Devonian dolomites with minor amounts of limestone, shale, and quartzite. Here was some replacement of dolomitic wallrock by ore mineralization. These rocks are intruded by small plugs and dikes of rhyolite porphyry, quartz latite porphyry, and quartz diorite, with one chloritic breccia pipe just south of the Kietzke Mine.

Ore(s): Ore is localized by a fault contact where faults intersect brittle Eureka Quartzite. Drag zones along fault and fracture intersections acted as solution channels.

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