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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011400
MRDS ID D006197
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01053, 39.53967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF JOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lady Laird Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 015S 010W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone A
    Rock description Limestone A
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.01053, 39.53967
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Ne Trending Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Detroit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT, SHAFT, AND OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, G.B., 1974, THE OCCURRENCE, ORIGIN & ECONOMIC SIGNIF. OF GOLD BEARING JASPEROIDS IN DRUM MTNS: STANFORD PH.D. DISS

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 111

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON CRITTENDEN, USGS BULL. 1082-H

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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