The Rose Creek is a mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.8539, -117.85810
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Rose Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rose Creek
Commodity
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rose Creek
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Diopside
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Actinolite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL.940-A,1943,P.1-14,PLS.1-3.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL.SOC.AMER.MEMOIR 15,1946,P.193.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF.PAPER 318,1959,P.79-81,FIGS.13-14.
Reference (Deposit): NEV.BUR.OF MINES RPT.2,1962,P.36.
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.,1964,P.114.
Reference (Deposit): NEV.BUR.OF MINES BULL.89,1977,P.81-84,PL.2A.
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.
