Mine detail: Wild Rose Mine

Previously called 'Mt. MontgomeryRed RoseStarlight Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.93326, -118.30622

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1916

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1917-1919, 1929-1931, 1934-1935
First production started:	1916

Geology

Host rock:	Sugarloaf Canyon Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Of Sugarloaf Canyon;Andesite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Bedding Attitude: N 30 W/5 N
Tectonic:	Basin And Range; Cordilleran
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M055036
DEP	10040320
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: CROWDER, ET AL, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE, MONO COUNTY CALIFORNIA AND ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 1013}{Deposit:: ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)