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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040503
MRDS ID M055309
Record type Site
Current site name Finger Rock Prospect
Alternate or previous names Carmen, Wilson
Related records 10198290

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.95316, 38.78992 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Relative position 1.7 MILES WEST OF NYE-MINERAL BORDER

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THREE CLAIMS. UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Jarosite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Of The Volcanics Have Been Silicified, Bleached, And Iron Oxide Stained.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 177
USGS model code 27a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.95316, 38.78992
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N-W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Northwesterly Trending Steep Fracture Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Discoverer Clyde Garrett
Production years TO 1936

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Basin And Range Exploration Co.
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. V. Doherty, Mr. Gilson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DRILLING DEFINED A 100-M LONG OREBODY THAT ASSAYED 2TO 23 LB/TON HG, AT A DEPTH OF 0-70 FT BELOW THE SURFACE

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL GLORY HOLE TAPPED BY AN ADIT AND SEVERAL OTHER SHORT ADITS.

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS, LARGELY DEVELOPED BY THE FINGER ROCK QUICKSILVER CO. IN 1935-1936. LATE IN 1936, H. E. GROHS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND RECOVERED SOME HG WITH A SMALL ROTARY FURNACE. A CONTRACTOR WAS ACTIVELY DRILLING AND STRIPPING IN 1966; MORE EXPLORATION WAS DONE IN 1969 BY THE TITANIC LEAD CO AND BASIN & RANGE EXPLORATION CO., WHEN 8000 FT OF HOLES WERE DRILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 156-157.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE U.S.: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 296.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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