The Finger Rock Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.79, -117.95222
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Finger Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Finger Rock Prospect
Secondary: Carmen
Secondary: Wilson
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fairplay District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: J. V. Doherty, Mr. Gilson
Owner Name: Basin And Range Exploration Co.
Years: 1969 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Paradise Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Of The Volcanics Have Been Silicified, Bleached, And Iron Oxide Stained.
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Unknown: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL GLORY HOLE TAPPED BY AN ADIT AND SEVERAL OTHER SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DRILLING DEFINED A 100-M LONG OREBODY THAT ASSAYED 2TO 23 LB/TON HG, AT A DEPTH OF 0-70 FT BELOW THE SURFACE
Comment (Location): THREE CLAIMS. UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP
Comment (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.
References
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 113.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 156-157.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
