| Deposit ID | 10040537 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055356 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance Mine |
| Related records | 10149670 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.48235, 41.12628 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1521 |
| Relative position | 16 MILES NE OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Delvada Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 038N | 040E | 32 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 177 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Hg |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Harmony Formation |
| Rock description | Harmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.48235, 41.12628 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-Trending Fault Nearby |
| General form | IRREGULAR BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNW |
| Dip | EASTGENTLY |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | TO 1941 |
| District name | Dutch Flat District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dutch Flat Mining Co. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mullinix Family |
| First year | 1940 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055356 |
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER IN NEVADA: NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.
HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 64, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAR, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHORT ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS. IT LIES ON A GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS LEASED BY THE MULLINIX FAMILY TO THE DUTCH FLAT MINING CO. FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1940. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Bergquist, Joel R. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1981 | Lapointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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