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Red Rose Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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 10098673
MRDS ID M242137
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rose Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28038, 37.89993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 35,34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NE OF KENNEDY POINT, 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE O.K. MINE. UTM IS TO QUARTER SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Clay Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28038, 37.89993
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 43 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Mikerell And Somerville

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. Somerville Of Mt. Montgomery

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 14.63M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 33-FT. LONG OPEN CUT EXPLORES A FAULT. AN INCLINED SHAFT IN THE CUT GOES DOWN 30 FEET ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE FAULT, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT, A 15-FT. LONG DRIFT EXPLORES THE FAULT TO THE EAST.

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS. THE DISCOVERERS DID A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK AND LEASED THE PROPERTY IN 1941 AND THE LESSEES RECOVERED ONE FLASK OF MERCURY FROM A D RESORT. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 78.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, P.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV, BULL, VOL, 38; NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER NO 41, P. 73-4

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1973, GO-1013

  • Production

    ALBERS & STEWART, 1972. P. 67; BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, P.73.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR OCCURS AS PAINTY FILMS AND ENCRUSTATIONS ON THE CLAY GOUGE IN THE FAULT ZONE, AND AS SCANT DISSEMINATIONS IN THE SILICIFIED RHYOLITE ALONG ITS FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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