The Finger Rock Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Finger Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Finger Rock Prospect
Secondary: Carmen
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO CINNABAR WAS SEEN, BUT SAMPLES ASSAYED BY USBM CONTAINED A LITTLE MERCURY.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): 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
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): 20 FT SHAFT AND SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 99B, 1984, P. 94-98
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
