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Last Chance Tunnel

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045851
MRDS ID M233692
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69504, 38.22384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 AIRMILES S40W FROM NYALA (MORMON WELL)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 004N 056E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 600 FT. WEST OF GOLD SPRINGS WORKINGS IN GOLD CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69504, 38.22384
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Fault Movement Has Crushed Quartz

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N65W-N 70 W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL TO 85S
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner William Wittenburg And Dr. Weller Of Goldfield
    First year 1916

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT RUNNING N10W FOR 175 FT FOLLOWING BEDDING; PITS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IS FROZEN TO THE HANGING WALL, BUT SEPARATED FROM THE FOOTWALL BY A PAPER-THIN GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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