Finger Rock Prospect

The Finger Rock Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., RYTUBA, J.J. AND JONES, R.B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.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.