| Deposit ID | 10102430 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001832 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Last Chance Mine |
| Related records | 10234875 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.683, 34.3381 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 561 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES SW OF SIGNAL. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rawhide Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Bill Williams(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 012N | 014W | 36 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Manganite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate | ||
| Rock unit name | Sandtrap Conglomerate | ||
| Rock description | Sandtrap Conglomerate | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -113.683, 34.3381 |
|---|
| Strike | E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 N |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1953 - 1955 |
| District name | Artillery Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1953 - 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^34.4 % Mn | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 70.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001832 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040150014 |
FARNHAM, L.L., AND L.A. STEWART, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, P. 49.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
CIMRI
U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 49 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANGANESE WAS MINED FROM SMALL ORE SHOOTS ALONG THE WESTERN END OF THE FAULT ZONE. TWO ORE SHOOTS PRODUCED. THE WEST SHOOT WAS 150 FEET BY 1 TO 3 FEET, THE OTHER, EAST SHOOT, WAS 80 FEET BY 3.5 FEET. BOTH SHOOTS WERE INTERSECTED BY AN ORE BEARING FRACTURE STRIKING NE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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