Mine detail: Finger Rock Prospect

Previously called 'CarmenWilson'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.78992, -117.95316

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Other material:	Jarosite
Discovery year:	1934

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	TO 1936

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
Structure:	Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Some Of The Volcanics Have Been Silicified, Bleached, And Iron Oxide Stained.

References

MRDS	M055309
DEP	10040503
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 41, P. 156-157.}{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.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 113.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)