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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295327
MAS/MILS ID 0320230325
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.54484, 39.10882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2752
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Shoshone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 039 E 01 SWSWNE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 TO 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF WAR EAGLE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.54484, 39.10882
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5751, 1960, P. 1.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, MINES, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES IN THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES MLA OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-96 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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