Nevada · Mineral County
Past Producer

Wild Rose Mine

Mineral County, Nevada, United States
Mercury
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Description

Morris Brothers

Commodities
PrimaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFault Zone That Trends Ne
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Rhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1916
Identification
Deposit ID10104011
MRDS IDM233017
Alternate namesStarlight Group, Mt. Montgomery, Red Rose
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates37.93299, -118.30594
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V. 38, NO. 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 41.ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.1