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Last Chance Ii

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030886
MRDS ID M009358
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Ii
Alternate or previous names Lakeview, Mispah

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24682, 37.63325 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position NE1/4. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN NW OF HUNTER VALLEY, ABOUT 9 AIRLINE MILES NORTH OF HORNITOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 31 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24682, 37.63325
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1931 - 1938

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mrs. Mary Attleweed, Frank Davis, C. W. Jessen

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A SMALL TONNAGE OF GOOD ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 62.48M
    Overall depth 35.97M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1936, A 118-FT. SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AND 187 FT. OF DRIFTS; SHAFT NOW CAVED AND A NEW 25-FT. SHAFT HAS BEEN OPENED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., GRAY, C. H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 1 AND 2 , P. 275

  • Production

    BOWEN & GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY SURVEYED IN 1936 .
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., DEPOSIT TYPE. ENTERED HOST ROCK TYPE.
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Bowman, J. And Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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