The Rosebud is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Rosebud MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rosebud
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): MINOR AMOUNTS OF LEAD, SILVER, AND GOLD ORE HAVE BEEN MINED FROM SEVERAL CLAIMS. THE ORE ALSO CONTAINS SOME COPPER AND ZINC.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ALONG FISSURES & JOINTS
Comment (Geology): MINOR AMOUNTS OF LEAD, SILVER, AND GOLD ORE HAS BEEN MINED FROM SEVERAL CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE 1890'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M., (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL, K. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 67
Reference (Production): SMITH. R. M., (1976)
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.
