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Last Laugh/Divide Mines

Past Producer in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103622
MRDS ID M035917
Record type Site
Current site name Last Laugh/Divide Mines
Alternate or previous names Snowbird?, Short Shot, B. and C., Hillside

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59655, 38.88491 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 6.5 MI. EAST - SE OF DRESSLERVILLE; WEST FLANK OF PINE NUT RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Siegel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 021E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE IN 1954 RANGED FROM 1.4 % TO 4.9 % WO3. AVE. GRADE FROM LAST LAUGH WAS 0.75 % WO3 OVER ONE FOOT OF WIDTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59655, 38.88491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Allowing Passageway Of Mineralizing Solutions

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS, SHOOTS
    Strike NE
    Dip 20 SE
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Masses And Veinlets Along Faults In 8 To 10 Ft. Thick Bed Of Wollastonite At Bau Of Meta-Lmst.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORNFELS AND LMST. CUT BY FELSITE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer Ruben Park

Mining district

District name Gardnerville

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1944-1957
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.0-15.0 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 8wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MULTIPLE ADITS, BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS, NUMEROUS PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBL. DMEA REPORTS (CONF.) USGS.

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN. 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METASOMATIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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