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Wilson Cinnabar

Occurrence 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040620
MRDS ID M055466
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Cinnabar
Alternate or previous names Finger Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.98594, 38.73881 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MI SE OF GABBS, OFF POLE LINE ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granny Goose Well(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNKNOWN. { POLE LINE ROAD STRIKES SW OF GABBS, SEE NODY CINNABAR MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.98594, 38.73881
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Heald And Lynch
    Home office Box 207, Gabbs, Nv. 89409. J. W. Lynch, General Manager
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY MAY BE STILL ACTIVE, UNCERTAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALLAGHER, M. J., 1969, NEVADA MINES, MILLS, AND SMELTERS - IN OPERATION AS OF JULY 1, 1969: STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 19 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERMITTENT OPERATIONS, 1969.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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