| Deposit ID | 10046169 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M234162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.84529, 40.1941 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1774 |
| Relative position | 6700 FT. S62E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT.) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 007S | 018W | 26 | NE OF NW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Gold Hill Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| Rock description | Ochre Mountain Limestone |
| (1) | Notch Peak, Orr, Lamb, Weeks, and Wah Wah Summit Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Basin And Range |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Pool Canyon Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Clifton (Gold Hill) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Star Dust Mines, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 27.74M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M234162 |
EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24, 26
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B. PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
1961 GEOLMAP EVERETT, 1961, INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 26 (FIG. 8)
MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE BODIES ALONG THE LIMESTONE-QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT, LENSES OF SCHEELITE-RICH SILICATED IS ALSO OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES. |
| Deposit | THE S72W, 56 FT. ADIT CROSSCUTS THE TACTITE ZONE OF THE PRINCIPAL LS.-QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT; THE S72E CONNECTING DRIFT WAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE CONTACT. THE SOUTHWEST-TRENDING ADIT ENDS IN A STOPED-OUT SEMICIRCULAR ROOM OF ABOUT 20 FT. IN DIA. THE WORKINGS WEST OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE ON AN APOPHYSE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1973 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1981 | Messenger, Harold M. III | U.S. Geological Survey |
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