Mine detail: Wildcat Prospect

Previously called 'Bonibassi ProspectMariposa Wildcat ProspectMariposa Wildcate ProspectMichal PropertyWildcat Nos. 1-4Smokey Nos. 1-314Nichal QuicksilverPaint Bucket Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.65713, -117.00202

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940

Geology

References

MRDS	M055312
MAS	320230666
DEP	10173697
Reference	{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 138,}{Deposit:: PLATE 1.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 292.}{Deposit:: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL AND ZIONY, P. 15.}{Deposit:: AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA}{Deposit:: RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.}
Reporter	Schmauch, Steven W.