The Rose Mine is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.81861, -115.51722
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Rose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rose Mine
Secondary: Black Jack Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Goodsprings Dividend Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northside Of Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HAND SPECIMENS FOUND WITH 5 - 10 % COBALT OXIDE.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Cuprite
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST OF KIRBY GULCH.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED 1918 : 9.84 TONS ORE WITH .01 OZ/TON AU, 1 OZ/TON AG, 14.54 % CU, 13 % FE, 31.6 % INSOLUBLE MATTER. FROM LEAD CARBONATE 200 TONS MINED WHICH CONTAINED MORE THAN 50 % PB.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL AND TWO BRANCHES, AND A SHAFT W/AVERAGE SLOPE OF 60 DEG. (ROSE MINE); PLUS 2 GROUPS OF EXPLORATIONS, ONE W/60 FT. DEEP SHAFT AND 385 FT. LONG LOWER TUNNEL, AND THE OTHER WITH A 175 FT. DEEP SHAFT WHICH IS INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): LENSES OF FERRUGINOUS CHERT WITH BORDERS OF COPPER MINERALS, VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES NEAR THE CHERT LENSES COBALT OXIDE REPLACES WALL ROCK DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM THE FRACTURES. TWO GROUPS OF EXPLORATIONS EXPLORE AN IRON STAINED BRECCIA ZONE W/CHERTY LEAD CARBONATE, SOME PARTS ALTERED TO PLUMBOJAROSITE. PYROMORPHITE ALSO PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 120
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.
