The Red Rose Property is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.9, -118.27944
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Red Rose Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Rose Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley (White Mountain) 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. D. Somerville Of Mt. Montgomery
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay, Silicification.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): 2 MILES NE OF KENNEDY POINT, 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE O.K. MINE. UTM IS TO QUARTER SECTION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS AS PAINTY FILMS AND ENCRUSTATIONS ON THE CLAY GOUGE IN THE FAULT ZONE, AND AS SCANT DISSEMINATIONS IN THE SILICIFIED RHYOLITE ALONG ITS FOOTWALL.
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS. THE DISCOVERERS DID A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK AND LEASED THE PROPERTY IN 1941 AND THE LESSEES RECOVERED ONE FLASK OF MERCURY FROM A D RESORT. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE IN 1943
Comment (Workings): A 33-FT. LONG OPEN CUT EXPLORES A FAULT. AN INCLINED SHAFT IN THE CUT GOES DOWN 30 FEET ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE FAULT, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT, A 15-FT. LONG DRIFT EXPLORES THE FAULT TO THE EAST.
References
Reference (Production): ALBERS & STEWART, 1972. P. 67; BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, P.73.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1973, GO-1013
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, P.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UNIV. NEV, BULL, VOL, 38; NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER NO 41, P. 73-4
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL 78.
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.
