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Last Chance Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044277
MRDS ID M231670
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Group
Alternate or previous names Black Hawk Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92452, 38.38272 (WGS84)
Elevation 2207
Relative position 2.7 MILES SW OF BIG TEN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Ten Peak West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 045E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A TRIAL SHIPMENT ASSAYED 0.025 OZ AU, 20.3 OZ AG, 21.1 % PB, 3 % ZN, 14 % FE, 16 % S, 38 % INSOLUBLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92452, 38.38272
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Highly Faulted Area.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PIPES AND CHIMNEYS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest Trending Shear Zone Intersected By Cross Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS VERY QUARTZOSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922

Mining district

District name Longstreet District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boscovich, Bozo And Marquerite
    First year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner Burch, Guy I.
    Home office Tonopah

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1920'S
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 21 Oz Ag, 21 % Pb, 2 % Zn Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 21wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 593g/mt
  • Year 1938
    Period 1938
    Material ORE AVG
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7-8 Oz Ag, 8 % Pb Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 212g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, A 200 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND HOLES.

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS OBTAINED FROM MICKEY SULLIVAN BY HERMAN REISCHKE ABOUT 1925 AND SOLD BY MRS. REISCHKE TO BURCH IN 1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 101-102

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 101-102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: PRE-EARLY 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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