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Wild Rose Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  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 10040320
MRDS ID M055036
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Montgomery, Red Rose, Starlight Group
Related records 10197479

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30622, 37.93326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2755
Relative position SOUTH SLOPE OF SUGARLOAF MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 16,21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • COUNTY LINE PROBLEMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MINE YIELDED 14 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon;Andesite
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon;Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
    Rock description Sugarloaf Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30622, 37.93326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Attitude: N 30 W/5 N

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE INTRUDED BY JUR. GRANITICS. OVERLAIN BY TERT. ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS WHICH ARE CAPPED BY BASALT FLOWS. TERT. ROCKS ARE GENTLY FOLDED AND CUT BY STEEP FAULTS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer The Morris Brothers
Year of first production 1916
Production years 1917-1919, 1929-1931, 1934-1935

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mt. Montgomery Mercury Co.
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles R. Pedro

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBILITY OF RESERVES AS OF 1929.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • LAST OPERATED 1929.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE LARGELY EXHAUSTED BY 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013

  • Deposit

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED ORE OCCURS IN OPALITE AND GOUGE; FOOTWALL IS APPARENTLY BARREN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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