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Last Chance Mine

Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027444
MRDS ID M003099
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Lillian
Related records 10185831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.77847, 33.46397 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Relative position 7 MILES BY ROAD N OF GLOBE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001N 015E 01 NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • TONTO NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.77847, 33.46397
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Length 24.38M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Manganese Ore Was Confined To A Zone That Follows The Hanging-Wall Side Of The Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Globe Hills District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henderson, Charles C.
    First year 1954
    Last year 1961

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30.4 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Manganese Manganese 30wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SMALL STOPES EXTENDED SHORT DISTANCES ABOVE THE BACK OF THE ADIT. ADDITIONAL WORK CONSISTED OF A FEW SHALLOW CUTS ALONG THE SURFACE SOUTHWEST OF THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS HELD BY CHARLES CAMPBELL (1942)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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