Last Chance Sulfur Mine

Occurrence in Douglas county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sulfides
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033235
MRDS ID M015531
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Sulfur Mine
Alternate or previous names Cove Sulfur Prospect
Related records 10128961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44114, 43.06926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 MILES BY TRAIL FROM DIAMOND LAKE HIGHWAY VIA FOSTER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Diamond Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umpqua National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 003E 2 SW OF SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 18 CLAIMS WITH SEPARATE OWNERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES YIELDED 94.9 % SULFUR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation
    Rock description Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation;Sardine Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.44114, 43.06926

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL LENSES AND MASSES
    Strike NNE
    Dip 45 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Umpqua

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Umpqua National Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK INCLUDING TWO SHORT TUNNELS, BOTH CAVED AND TWO OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - C, V. 1 , P. 132

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS CO., OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFUR LENSES ARE AS MUCH AS 11 INCHES THICK AND 24 INCHES LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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