Last Chance Mine

Prospect in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246602
MAS/MILS ID 0320150013
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Indian Springs Manganese Deposit, Indian Springs Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.37844, 39.61271 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Airy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020 N 041 E 09 C W2W2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.37844, 39.61271

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 25E
    Thickness 15M
    Length 120M
    Width 35M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N00S:25E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Stoner,Battle Mountain,Nevada
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson,Campbell,Lowe And Bush,Austin,Nevada
    Interest 50
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1956

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1956
    Inferred 20000mt ore
    Total resources 20000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 21.5 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1956
    Silica SiO2 48.6 wt-pct Silica Trace 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM,1959,R.I.5446,P.26

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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