The Rosebud is a tin, mercury, tungsten, gold, and manganese mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tin, Mercury, Tungsten, Gold, Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.8275, -118.71000
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Rosebud MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rosebud
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rosebud District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Monkota Trust Syndicate, O. Wadell, And M. R. Jensen
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Huebnerite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PLACER AU-PGE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK: RHYOLITE - SILICIFIED, KAOLINIZED, AND SERICITIZED
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. D., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902.
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.
