The Wild Rose Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,039 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.93333, -118.30528
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Wild Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Rose Mine
Secondary: Mt. Montgomery
Secondary: Red Rose
Secondary: Starlight Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles R. Pedro
Owner Name: Mt. Montgomery Mercury Co.
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Bedding Attitude: N 30 W/5 N
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MINE YIELDED 14 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE LARGELY EXHAUSTED BY 1918
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED ORE OCCURS IN OPALITE AND GOUGE; FOOTWALL IS APPARENTLY BARREN
Comment (Workings): LAST OPERATED 1929.
Comment (Location): COUNTY LINE PROBLEMS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBILITY OF RESERVES AS OF 1929.
Comment (Geology): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
