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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Presidio county in Texas, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10085725
MRDS ID W701358
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Young Mine
Related records 10129914

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.39105, 29.81966 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI (8 KM) W OF SHAFTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Presidio(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cerro Orona(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo-Red Light(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Presidio

Comments on the location information

  • IN SECTION 14, BLOCK 6, GALVESTON, HOUSTON AND SAN ANTIONIO RR CO. SURVEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Presidio Formation
    Rock description Presidio Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.39105, 29.81966
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1926
Production years 1910, 1915-16, 1926

Mining district

District name Shafter Silver District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Harry Young
    First year 1926

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION: PROBABLY LESS THAN 30 TONS OF LEAD-SILVER ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SAID TO BE 75 FT (23 M) DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 928-B, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    EXAMINED BY CLYDE P. ROSS, W.E. CARTWRIGHT, AND C.H. COLDWELL IN 1934

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN PART CONSISTED OF BOULDERS OF REPLACEMENT ORE IN SOLUTION CAVITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Paidakovich, Matthew E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1992 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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