The Last Dollar Claim is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Douglas county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Last Dollar Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Dollar Claim
Secondary: NBMG # 4058 & #4059
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Mountain House
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEDIMENTARY ROCK AND HORNFELS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan And Skarn Gossan Lenses And Clots Along The Bedding Plane.Lenses Formed From The Magnetite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): DOUBLE SPRINGS 7-1/2 : QUAD SHEET
Comment (Development): NOTICE ON CLAIM DATES TO 1920'S ; ECON.COM: NONE
Comment (Deposit): OUTCROP IS ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE AND IS COVERED BY COLLUVIUM ALONG THE STRIKE.
Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL PROSPECT PITSON THE GOSSAN OUTCROP.
Comment (Deposit): SAMPLE # 4058 FROM LOWER PROSPECT, # 4059 FROM UPPER PROSPECT.
Comment (Geology): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, MOUNTAIN HOUSE MINING DISTRICT,DOUGLAS COUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
