The Irish Rose Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,476 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,476 Feet (1,974 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61, -117.08278
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Irish Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Irish Rose Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Toulon Arsenic, Co.,
Years: 1924 -
Owner Name: Toulon Arsenic Co.,
Years: 1924 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.1-4.3% PB
Analytical Data: 1.6-31.6 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: IN 1923, IT AVERAGED 0.0615 OZ/TON AU, 9.96 OZ/TON AG, 0.17% CU, 4% PB: RANGES OF GRADE USUALLY FELL WITHIN THESE LIMITS: 0.03-0.38 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: ORE VARIED INGRADE
Analytical Data: 16.2-20.4% S 22% FE. HIGH GOLD ASSAYS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED HIGH ARSENIC AND LOW AG ASSAYS.
Analytical Data: 11.8 TO 33.6% AS
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THESE 12 CLAIMS WERE WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CAMP, WITH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION. FROM 1922 TO 1924 IT WAS WORKED FOR ARSENIC BY THE TOULON ARSENIC CO. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE FROM 1924 TO THE 1950'S. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 820-FT ADIT AND AN INCLINED SHAFT, WITH SEVERAL STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Location): ON SW SIDE OF COPPER BASIN AREA
Comment (Development): 12 CLAIMS WORKED SPORADICALLY FOR MANY YEARS IN EARLY DAYS WITH NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION. FROM 1922 TO 1924, IT WAS WORKED FOR ARSENIC BY THE TOULON ARSENIC CO. THE PROPERTY WAS IDLE FROM 1924 TO THE 1950'S.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, INCLINED SHAFT, STOPES
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, J.A. AND ARNOLD, 1965.
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.
