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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103235
MRDS ID M022557
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Related records 10284859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29147, 35.60998 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/4 MILES SOUTH OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolstalf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 034E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER S 1/2, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.29147, 35.60998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE YIELDED IN 1954, SMALL TONNAGE PROBABLY WAS MINED PREVIOUSLY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 FT. LONG TRENCH AND 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT. FROM EAST TO WEST; A 100 FT. SHAFT INCLINED 65 DEG. SW, THE TRENCH, THEN A 75 FT. DEEP SHAFT INCLINED 80 SW, THEN THE 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 303, 318

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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