Last Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045423
MRDS ID M233151
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Hawk Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39012, 38.65353 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 8 MI. N OF KINKAID SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N 032E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF GILLIS RANGE; NW 1/4 SEC. 15; UT M ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning
    Rock description Luning

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39012, 38.65353

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, VEINLETS/IRREGULAR
    Length 16.76M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. Ferretti, W. C. Schuman, W. Rea, And J. Malatesta

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE BULLDOZER CUT

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE LAST CHANCE, LAST CHANCE NOS. 1 & 2, AND THE BLACK HAWK UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAWE, KRAL, 1958, IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 53-B

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE IRON DEPOSIT IS IN A ROOF PENDANT OF LIMESTONE IN AGRANITIC INTRUSIVE. MAGNETITE OCCURS AS VEIN LETS AND LENSES REPLACING THE LIMESTONE. ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS AS PATCHES AND LENSES IN THE MAGNETITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.