Mine detail: Wild Rose Mine

Previously called 'Mt. MontgomeryRed RoseStarlight Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.93382, -118.30677

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Tectonic:Basin & Range
Alteration processes:Silicification Along Fault Zone

References

MRDSM242134
DEP10046908
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5; GEOL. & MIN. SER. NO. 41}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO; N.B.M.G. BULL. 78.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA; NEVADA NEWSLETTER, PUBLISHING CO.}{Deposit:: MILS, 1979, USBM}{Deposit:: TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION OF 13 AUGUST 1982}{Deposit:: ROSS, D.C. 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NV, NBMG BULL 58}{Production:: BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, P. 74.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)