The Last One Prospect is a mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,572 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,572 Feet (2,003 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.83694, -118.20583
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Last One Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last One Prospect
Secondary: Mc Nutt
Secondary: Mc Nett
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Fish Lake Valley District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sam And Bill Wright
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: White Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS FORM SMALL ORE BODIES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES INDICATED
Comment (Production): EXPLORATION AND FURNACE PLANT CONSTRUCTION IN 1957
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1955
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW SHAFT, OPEN PITS, AND SEVERAL CHURN DRILL HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (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
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND STEWART, 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78
Reference (Production): HOLMES
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
