Rose Creek

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125095
MRDS ID M060456
MAS/MILS ID 0320270085
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Creek
Related records 10295046

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.85907, 40.85379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rose Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034 N 037 E 06 W NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Sphene Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.85907, 40.85379

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 35N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 61M
    Width 38M
    Area 3HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 POTASSIC
    Strike And Dip N40E:35N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Rose Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 763M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE METHODS
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 122
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.89,1977,P.81-84,PL.2A.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.,1964,P.114.

  • Deposit

    NEV.BUR.OF MINES RPT.2,1962,P.36.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF.PAPER 318,1959,P.79-81,FIGS.13-14.

  • Deposit

    GEOL.SOC.AMER.MEMOIR 15,1946,P.193.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL.940-A,1943,P.1-14,PLS.1-3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.