Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, 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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295560
MRDS ID W016485
MAS/MILS ID 0320230140
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Wall Canyon Mine, Project, Wc Claims, Great Western Claims, Big Blue, Blue Jacket, Temple-Belmont Group, Red Bluff Mine, Ashby Mine, San Domingo, Woodstock, Copper Queen, Antelope, Francisco, Sb Claims, Copper King, 1891 Mine, Chloride Mine, Last Chance Antimony Mine, Silver Divide Mine, Bastian, Herd, Big Horn Claims, Copper Range, Hc Group, Mammoth, Big Bananza, Bullwacker Mine, Copper Rivet, Mary Bennet, B and Me, Comet, Anaconda Mine, Whitby, Calidonia, Dewey Mine, Sandusky Mine, Ante Up, Atwater, Fortuna, Copper Queen Extension, White Cliff, Copper Mountain, Anna Bell, Blue Jay
Related records 10072161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.28813, 38.71633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
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

Toms Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky 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 010 N 042 E 20 NENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.28813, 38.71633

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BURAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 61, P. 140,

  • Deposit

    AND PLATES 1 AND 8.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-40, 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50 (VOL. 50),

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1951, P. 82-84.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

  • Deposit

    P. 122-125.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1063, 1980,

  • Deposit

    P. 42-45.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOIYABE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANOMALOUS ARSENIC, MERCURY, MOLYBDENIUM, BISMUTH, CADMIUM, GALLIUM, SELENIUM, TRACE ZINC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-96 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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