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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104011
MRDS ID M233017
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose Mine
Alternate or previous names Mt. Montgomery, Red Rose, Starlight Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30594, 37.93299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30594, 37.93299
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone That Trends Ne

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

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Renfro
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS TOTALLING 1100 FT, RAISE AND STOPE AND 2 GLORY HOLES WITH SEVERAL RAISES IN UPPER ADIT.

Comments on development

  • LARGELY EXHAUSTED BY 1918, RELOCATED AND ABANDONED SEVERAL TIMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.

  • Production

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR DISSEMINATED ALONG HANGING WALL OF FAULT AND IN DAY GAUGE OF FUALT, WHICH IS IN TERTIARY RHYOLITE THAT IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED ALONG THIS NE-TRENDING FAULT.

Reporter information

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

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