| Deposit ID | 10046662 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241856 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Hope Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Farrington Lease Was On the Last Hope Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.69815, 38.19271 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1884 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE GILBERT TOWNSITE, 500m - To Shaft In General Vicinity Of The Prospect |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tonopah(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 004N | 038E | 21,22 | NE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Esmeralda |
| Rock description | Esmeralda |
| (1) | -117.69815, 38.19271 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1924 |
| Discoverer | The Gilbert Brothers |
| District name | Gilbert (Desert) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241856 |
NBMG BULL 78, PL. 2.
USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 140-141.
PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL-NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CA.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BRECCIATED RHYOLITE IS IRREGULARLY VEINED AND CEMENTED BY VERY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ THAT IS ALMOST CHALCEDONIC IN APPEARANCE. HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL WAS SMALL IN AMOUNT AND EXTENDED ONLY A FEW FEET BELOW SURFACE FARRINGTON LEASE WAS ON A QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN 12-14 FT WIDE OF BANDED, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE WITH ABOUT LAMELLAR QUARTZ, IN PART DRUSY, ALONG THE FOOTWALL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-82 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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