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Last Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044427
MRDS ID M231844
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57621, 38.83048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1.1 MILES SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 039E 10 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH A SLIGHT PURPLE TINT OR LIGHT GREENISH GRAY AS CRYSTALS UP TO 1 CM DIAM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strongly Silicified Rock.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57621, 38.83048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 80E
    Length 609.6M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A 2 Ft Wide Fault Breccia Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAYSTONE IS LIGHT-OLIVE-GRAY TO VERY-LIGHT GRAY. THE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY THE CARBONATE MEMBER OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC LUNING FM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer G.B. Grant

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dorresteyne, Dorothy
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, MANY SMALL PITS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 37

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 203

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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