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Long Chance

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101184
MRDS ID C010567
Record type Site
Current site name Long Chance
Alternate or previous names Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55928, 37.63883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position S. END BENTON RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 031E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC W 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINOR PB & CU RECOV. AS BY-PRODUCTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55928, 37.63883
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E, NW
    Dip 90 , 38 NE
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chidago

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS AGGREGATING 300 TONS AVG. 1.85 OZ. AU/TON ACTIVE BETWEEN 1933 AND 1936 . NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. TUNNEL, 325 FT. WINZE W/6 LEVELS. ON 50 FT. LEVEL DRIFT E 150 FT., W 100 FT., STOPED A LENGTH OF 150 FT. WHERE AVG. LENGTH OF ORE IS 8 IN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 126 .

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 562 .

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , PL. 1 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 6 IN. - 12 IN. THICK AND 6 IN. THICK
Deposit 6 CLAIMS. GOODWIN ( 1957 ) INDICATES MINE IN SEC. 35 , PLATE 1 OF SPECIAL REPORT 48 , HOWEVER, SHOWS MINE IN SEC. 33 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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