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Last Dollar Claim

Occurrence in Douglas county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092962
MRDS ID N000180
Record type Site
Current site name Last Dollar Claim
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4058 & #4059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.5371, 38.78352 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Double Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
11N 22E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DOUBLE SPRINGS 7-1/2 : QUAD SHEET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan And Skarn Gossan Lenses And Clots Along The Bedding Plane.Lenses Formed From The Magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.5371, 38.78352
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEDIMENTARY ROCK AND HORNFELS
    Strike N 40 DEGREES W
    Dip 54 DEGREES

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES OF CARBONATE ROCK HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO SKARN. STRINGS OF PALE GARNET(AMBER) OCCUR ALONG THE BEDDING PLANES IN THE SKARN WITH SOME WHITE QUARTZ. SOME OF THE GARNET IS ZONED. SKARN CROPS OUT OF THE TOP PROSPECT,MASSIVE GOSSAN IN METAVOLCANIC ROCK CROPS OUT OF THE LOWER PROSPECT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain House

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITSON THE GOSSAN OUTCROP.

Comments on development

  • NOTICE ON CLAIM DATES TO 1920'S ; ECON.COM: NONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP IS ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE AND IS COVERED BY COLLUVIUM ALONG THE STRIKE.
Deposit SAMPLE # 4058 FROM LOWER PROSPECT, # 4059 FROM UPPER PROSPECT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1989 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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