Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, Calcium
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102430
MRDS ID M001832
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Related records 10234875

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.683, 34.3381 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 9 MILES SW OF SIGNAL.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 014W 36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Sandtrap Conglomerate
    Rock description Sandtrap Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.683, 34.3381

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 60 N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Mineralized Fractures Along North Side Of Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1953 - 1955

Mining district

District name Artillery Peak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1953 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^34.4 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 34wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 70.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM, L.L., AND L.A. STEWART, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 49 .

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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