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Finger Rock 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037790
MRDS ID M042774
Record type Site
Current site name Finger Rock Prospect
Alternate or previous names Carmen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95227, 38.78784 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gabbs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 036E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON A GROUP OF LOW HILLS EAST OF POLE LINE ROAD, 6 MILES SOUTH OF GABBS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = MILLETT 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN, BUT SAMPLES ASSAYED BY USBM CONTAINED A LITTLE MERCURY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95227, 38.78784
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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 Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT SHAFT AND SHALLOW PITS

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF ACTIVITY HERE AFTER 1940-42 WHEN IT WAS OWNED AND EXPLORED BY J.V. DOHERTY AND A MR. GILSON OF LOS ANGELES. THEY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE HAD A RETORT AND TO HAVE RECOVERED A LITTLE MERCURY, BUT WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS EXAMINED IN 1942 BY BAILEY ET AL., NO REDUCTION EQUIPMENT WAS SEEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 94-98

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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