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Wildcat Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Barium-Barite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040505
MRDS ID M055312
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mariposa Wildcat
Related records 10173697, 10222089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97564, 38.65132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF SHOSHONE CREEK; 2 - 1/2 MI E OF ROUND MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 009N 044E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97564, 38.65132
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VUGGY PARTS OF THE VEIN
    Strike E
    Dip 60S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer E.A. Michal

Mining district

District name Barcelona District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. And M. J. Abernathy And L. J. Larsen

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY SMALL RESERVES (1943)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TRENCHES.

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. 138-139.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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