Mine detail: Rose Cave

Previously called 'Bat Cave'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.13161, -114.39668

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Thrust Faults, N-Ne Trending Steep Faults

References

MRDS	M031268
DEP	10106550
Reference	{Deposit:: WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV. U.S. GEO. BULL. 340}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY, RENO, NEVADA.}{Deposit:: USBM,1983, MILS DATA}{Deposit:: TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR BLM.}
Reporter	Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)