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Last Chance Mine

Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012405
MRDS ID D008014
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Group No. 2: Patented Claims, Last Chance, Boise City, Settle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.80258, 33.39287 (WGS84)
Elevation 2096
Relative position ABOUT 22.75 MILES S 7 W OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 019W 32,33 SE (32) OF S2 (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE LAST CHANCE MINE SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Fanney Rhyolite;Last Chance Andesite
    Rock description Fanney Rhyolite;Last Chance Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along A North To Northwest-Striking Fault Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike LAST CHANCE VEIN NORTH TO N 70 W
    Dip 60 TO 70 NE
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1941

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District; Cooney District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mogollon Consolidated Mines Co.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • MINE WAS IDLE IN 1903, 1913-1914, 1920, 1922-1925, AND 1928-1932. FERGUSON ESTIMATED THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION UP TO 1919 AS $7500000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6096M
    Overall depth 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 WERE DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT CONNECTED TO SEVEN OTHER LEVELS BY RAISES AND WINZES. TOTAL DRIFTING ON THE VEIN EXCEDES 20000 FT. IN LENGTH. LEVELS ARE AT ABOUT 200 FT. INTERVALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., RHODES, R.C., AND ERB, E.E., 1976 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO 5, P. 125-144

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 980 COVERING 35.291 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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