The Wild Rose Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.93389, -118.30583
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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: Esmeralda
District: Fishlake Valley Dist.
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: J. E. Renfro Of Mt. Montgomery
Years: 1944 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Fault Zone
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1916 AND NEARLY EXHAUSTED BY 1918. 2 D RETORTS WERE ERECTED IN 1917. IT WAS FIRST OPERATED BY MR. BEEDLE, WHO FORMED THE MT. MONTGOMERY MERCURY CO. AND RECOVERED ABOUT 150 FLASKS DURING WWI. THEN THE PROPERTY WAS ABANDONED UNTIL 1929 WHEN IT WAS RELOCATED BY J.E. RENFRO AND CHARLES KENAFAKE. IN 1938, IT WAS SOLD TO W.H. KIRKBRIDE, WHO DROVE THE LOWER 500-FT. ADIT, BUT ABANDONED IT IN 1941. RECENT CLAIM STAKING NOTICED IN 1982. PRESENT EXPLORATION PROBABLY FOR GOLD
Comment (Location): ON SUGARLOAF PEAK, STRADDLING THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Geology): THE N 30-40 E SHEAR ZONE CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT ALONG STRIKE SW OF WILD ROSE MINE. OPALITIC MATERIAL AT MINE LOW IN HG CONTENT. SUGARLOAF PEAK MAY BE A PLUG OF INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE.(?) VEINS LACING RHYOLITE RANGE FROM CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ TO CLEAR SILICA, WITH SOME BROWN JASPER.
Comment (Deposit): OLDEST PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR IS DISSEMINATED IN THE BLOCKY OPALIZED RIB ALONG THE HANING WALL OF THE FAULT AND IN LESSER AMOUNTS IS DISTRIBUTED ERRATICALLY IN THE CLAY GOUGE OF THE FAULT. LARGE AREA OF HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA EXPOSED IN PIT IS LOOSE, FRAGMENT-SUPPORTED, WITH CINNABAR IN FLUFFY MATRIX AND COATING ROCK FRAGMENTS. YELLOW HGCL COATINGS ON FRAGMENTS OF SILICIFIED BRECCIA-LACED WITH SILICA VEINLETS IN LOOSE BRECCIA
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, CONNECTED BY A 105-FT RAISE AND STOPE; 2 GLORY HOLES, SEVERAL RAISES AND ORE CHUTES, ADITS TOTAL 1100 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): MILS, 1979, USBM
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHING CO.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 13 AUGUST 1982
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C. 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV, NBMG BULL 58
Reference (Production): BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, P. 74.
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.
