Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine

Past Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046169
MRDS ID M234162
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.84529, 40.1941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 6700 FT. S62E OF WOODMAN PEAK (7260 FT.)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007S 018W 26 NE OF NW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ochre Mountain Limestone
    Rock description Ochre Mountain Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pool Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Quartz Monzonite, Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clifton (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Star Dust Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 56 FT. LONG, S72W ADIT WITH A CONNECTING S72E, 35 FT. LONG DRIFT THAT OPENS AT THE SOUTH, ABOVE WAIST LEVEL TO THE OUTSIDE, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF AN ADIT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WEST OF THE ADIT, OPENCUTS AND PITS EXPLORED A 6-10 FT. WIDE, ZONE TACTITE ZONE.

Comments on development

  • MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE BY TIMCO, INC., UNDER A LEASE AGREEMENT IN 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24, 26

  • Deposit

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177

  • Deposit

    1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B. PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP EVERETT, 1961, INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 26 (FIG. 8)

  • Production

    MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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