Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021017
MRDS ID DC14689
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Last Chance Claim, Vina Claim
Related records 10276416

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.66162, 40.61327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2829
Relative position 450 FT NORTH OF THE SUMMIT OF MONTREAL HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 003E 30 NW OF NW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO COMMERCIAL ORE BODIES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Ophir;Fitchville
    Rock description Ophir;Fitchville

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.66162, 40.61327

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Cottonwood District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SMALL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • TUNNEL BEING DRIVEN SOUTH INTO MONTREAL HILL IN 1916 FROM A POINT ABOVE VINA FLAT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 INCH STREAK OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, 150 FT FROM THE PORTAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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