The Last Laugh/Divide Mines is a tungsten mine located in Douglas county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 38.885, -119.59556
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Last Laugh/Divide Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Laugh/Divide Mines
Secondary: Snowbird?
Secondary: Short Shot
Secondary: B. and C.
Secondary: Hillside
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Douglas
District: Gardnerville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1944-1957
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.0-15.0 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PODS, SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting Allowing Passageway Of Mineralizing Solutions
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 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
Comment (Deposit): METASOMATIC
Comment (Workings): MULTIPLE ADITS, BULLDOZER SCRAPINGS, NUMEROUS PITS
Comment (Geology): HORNFELS AND LMST. CUT BY FELSITE DIKES
References
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBL. DMEA REPORTS (CONF.) USGS.
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN. 1984)
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.
