Finger Rock Prospect

The Finger Rock Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,279 feet.

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
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.