Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10161861
MAS/MILS ID 0040230251
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.80758, 31.60123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1465
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patagonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 S 015 E 15 SWSWSW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Jurassic granitic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940929

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wrightson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bartlett And Linton
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1975 AZBM BULL 191 P 90

  • Deposit

    AZBM CARD FILE SANTA CRUZ CTY

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 MIN MT. WRIGHTSON MAP

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 MIN PATAGONIA QUAD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-1994 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.