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Last One Prospect

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040546
MRDS ID M055364
Record type Site
Current site name Last One Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mc Nutt, Mc Nett
Related records 10125053

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20677, 37.83688 (WGS84)
Elevation 2003

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 034E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Opal Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Trail Canyon Formation
    Rock description Trail Canyon Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20677, 37.83688
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Valley District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam And Bill Wright

Comments on the production information

  • EXPLORATION AND FURNACE PLANT CONSTRUCTION IN 1957

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES INDICATED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, OPEN PITS, AND SEVERAL CHURN DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    ROBINSON AND CROWDER, 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, ESMERALDA AND MINERAL COUNTIES, NEVADA AND MONO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS MAP GQ - 1078

  • Deposit

    ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78

  • Production

    HOLMES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS FORM SMALL ORE BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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