Wild Rose Mine

The Wild Rose Mine is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 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

Name: Wild Rose Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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