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Wildcat Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173697
MRDS ID M055312
MAS/MILS ID 0320230666
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bonibassi Prospect, Mariposa Wildcat Prospect, Mariposa Wildcate Prospect, Michal Property, Paint Bucket Mine, Wildcat Nos. 1-4, Smokey Nos. 1-314, Nichal Quicksilver
Related records 10040505, 10222089

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.00202, 38.65713 (WGS84)
Elevation 2914
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 044 E 11 SENENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.00202, 38.65713
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1940

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 138,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 292.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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