Rosebud

The Rosebud is a tin, mercury, tungsten, gold, and manganese mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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

Name: Rosebud  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Tin, Mercury, Tungsten, Gold, Manganese

Lat, Long: 40.8275, -118.71000

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Rosebud MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rosebud


Commodity

Primary: Tin
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Manganese


Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rosebud District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Monkota Trust Syndicate, O. Wadell, And M. R. Jensen
Years: 1943 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: BLANKET


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Huebnerite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: PLACER AU-PGE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDROCK: RHYOLITE - SILICIFIED, KAOLINIZED, AND SERICITIZED


References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

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

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. D., 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM IC 6902.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.