Wild Rose Mine

The Wild Rose Mine is a mercury mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,039 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

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Site Name

Primary: Wild Rose Mine
Secondary: Mt. Montgomery
Secondary: Red Rose
Secondary: Starlight Group

Commodity

Primary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Buena Vista 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Charles R. Pedro

Owner Name: Mt. Montgomery Mercury Co.
Years: 1918 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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: White Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Bedding Attitude: N 30 W/5 N

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MINE YIELDED 14 LB HG PER FT OF WORKINGS

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE LARGELY EXHAUSTED BY 1918

Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED ORE OCCURS IN OPALITE AND GOUGE; FOOTWALL IS APPARENTLY BARREN

Comment (Workings): LAST OPERATED 1929.

Comment (Location): COUNTY LINE PROBLEMS

Comment (Reserve-Resource): POSSIBILITY OF RESERVES AS OF 1929.

Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND PHYLLITE INTRUDED BY JUR. GRANITICS. OVERLAIN BY TERT. ANDESITE AND RHYOLITE FLOWS AND TUFFS WHICH ARE CAPPED BY BASALT FLOWS. TERT. ROCKS ARE GENTLY FOLDED AND CUT BY STEEP FAULTS. ; MAJOR.UNITS: MESOZOIC IGNEOUS ROCKS

References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

Reference (Deposit): CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013

Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

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.