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Last Chance Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048247
MRDS ID M800360
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Related records 10283724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55492, 34.57782 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2.9 MILES NW OF THUMB BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 003W 22 SW OF SE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATES TO ADIT SYMBOL LOCATED 0.2 MILES SOUTH OF LAST CHANCE PATENTED CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55492, 34.57782
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Proterozoic Rocks Trends N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Trend Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC GRANODIORITE. AGE OF VEIN NOT CLOSELY CONSTRAINED, BUT THOUGHT TO BE PRECAMBRIAN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Thumb Butte District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rp Mc Cleod, J. Dennis
    First year 1941

Comments on development

  • MADE UP OF 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, LAST CHANCE, LAST CHANCE SOUTH EXTENSION, LAST CHANCE MILL SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET #273, SE 1/2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM TRENDS N 40 E TO N 50 E. VEINS MAY PARALLEL LONG AXIS OF CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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