Wild Rose Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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 10046908
MRDS ID M242134
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Montgomery, Red Rose, Starlight Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30677, 37.93382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position ABOUT 3 1/4 MILES S 15 E FROM TOWN OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY

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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

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

Comments on the location information

  • ON SUGARLOAF PEAK, STRADDLING THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Along Fault Zone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30677, 37.93382

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N50E-N30E
    Dip 50-60 SE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 33.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone-Brecciation Along It, Trends Ne

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE N 30-40 E SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE SW OF WILD ROSE MINE. OPALITIC MATERIAL AT MINE LOW IN HG CONTENT. SUGARLOAF PEAK MAY BE A PLUG OF INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE.(?) VEINS LACING RHYOLITE RANGE FROM CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ TO CLEAR SILICA, WITH SOME BROWN JASPER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Discoverer Morris Brothers
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Fishlake Valley Dist.

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Renfro Of Mt. Montgomery
    First year 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CONNECTED BY A 105-FT RAISE AND STOPE; 2 GLORY HOLES, SEVERAL RAISES AND ORE CHUTES, ADITS TOTAL 1100 FT

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1916 AND NEARLY EXHAUSTED BY 1918. 2 D RETORTS WERE ERECTED IN 1917. IT WAS FIRST OPERATED BY MR. BEEDLE, WHO FORMED THE MT. MONTGOMERY MERCURY CO. AND RECOVERED ABOUT 150 FLASKS DURING WWI. THEN THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED UNTIL 1929 WHEN IT WAS RELOCATED BY J.E. RENFRO AND CHARLES KENAFAKE. IN 1938, IT WAS SOLD TO W.H. KIRKBRIDE, WHO DROVE THE LOWER 500-FT. ADIT, BUT ABANDONED IT IN 1941. RECENT CLAIM STAKING NOTICED IN 1982. PRESENT EXPLORATION PROBABLY FOR GOLD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 13 AUGUST 1982

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C. 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV, NBMG BULL 58

  • Production

    BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, P. 74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN THE BLOCKY OPALIZED RIB ALONG THE HANING WALL OF THE FAULT AND IN LESSER AMOUNTS IS DISTRIBUTED ERRATICALLY IN THE CLAY GOUGE OF THE FAULT. LARGE AREA OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA EXPOSED IN PIT IS LOOSE, FRAGMENT-SUPPORTED, WITH CINNABAR IN FLUFFY MATRIX AND COATING ROCK FRAGMENTS. YELLOW HGCL COATINGS ON FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA-LACED WITH SILICA VEINLETS IN LOOSE BRECCIA
Deposit OLDEST PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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