The Wildcat Prospect is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,439 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
Elevation: 9,439 Feet (2,877 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.65139, -116.97472
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Wildcat Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wildcat Prospect
Secondary: Mariposa Wildcat
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Barcelona District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: R. E. And M. J. Abernathy And L. J. Larsen
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VUGGY PARTS OF THE VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Barite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROBABLY SMALL RESERVES (1943)
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP; LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TRENCHES.
References
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. 138-139.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE US: U.S. BUR. OF MINES, INF. CIRC. 8252, P. 256.
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
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.
