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Rose Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037234
MRDS ID M031127
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Jack Claim
Related records 10221383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51806, 35.81861 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 6 MILES WEST OF GOODSPRINGS.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF KIRBY GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result HAND SPECIMENS FOUND WITH 5 - 10 % COBALT OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51806, 35.81861
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northside Of Anticline.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES OF FERRUGINOUS CHERT WITH BORDERS OF COPPER MINERALS, VEINLETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES NEAR THE CHERT LENSES COBALT OXIDE REPLACES WALL ROCK DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM THE FRACTURES. TWO GROUPS OF EXPLORATIONS EXPLORE AN IRON STAINED BRECCIA ZONE W/CHERTY LEAD CARBONATE, SOME PARTS ALTERED TO PLUMBOJAROSITE. PYROMORPHITE ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goodsprings Dividend Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION NOT RECORDED 1918 : 9.84 TONS ORE WITH .01 OZ/TON AU, 1 OZ/TON AG, 14.54 % CU, 13 % FE, 31.6 % INSOLUBLE MATTER. FROM LEAD CARBONATE 200 TONS MINED WHICH CONTAINED MORE THAN 50 % PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL AND TWO BRANCHES, AND A SHAFT W/AVERAGE SLOPE OF 60 DEG. (ROSE MINE); PLUS 2 GROUPS OF EXPLORATIONS, ONE W/60 FT. DEEP SHAFT AND 385 FT. LONG LOWER TUNNEL, AND THE OTHER WITH A 175 FT. DEEP SHAFT WHICH IS INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031127

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 120

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey