| Deposit ID | 10044107 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231445 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance Mine |
| Related records | 10271701 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.38987, 40.36628 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1423 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pershing(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Lovelock(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)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 029N | 032E | 21 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Stetefeldite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -118.38987, 40.36628 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faulting In Plane Of The Structures |
| General form | DISCONTINUOUS POCKETS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Arabia District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231445 |
DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA M.S. THESIS UNR
JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | POST-MINERAL FAULTS HAVE LOCALLY DISPLACED THE MINERALIZATION INTO DISCONTINUOUS PODS THAT PINCH OUT AND WIDEN. |
| Deposit | POST-MINERAL FAULTING HAS LOCALLY DISPLACED THE MINERALIZATION INTO DISCONTINUOUS PODS. PINCHING OUT AND WIDENING OF ORE PODS CAN BE SEEN WELL IN THE LAST CHANE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Royse, Sue E. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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