Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044107
MRDS ID M231445
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Related records 10271701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38987, 40.36628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1423

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arabia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 032E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stetefeldite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38987, 40.36628

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting In Plane Of The Structures

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS POCKETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST-OXIDATION DEFORMATION, MOVEMENT IN THE PLANE OF THE VEINS, HAS DISTORTED THE LAST CHANCE VEIN INTO DISCONTINUOUS POCKETS OF ORE ALONG THE WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arabia District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DECKER, D.J., 1972, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ARABIA DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA M.S. THESIS UNR

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POST-MINERAL FAULTS HAVE LOCALLY DISPLACED THE MINERALIZATION INTO DISCONTINUOUS PODS THAT PINCH OUT AND WIDEN.
Deposit POST-MINERAL FAULTING HAS LOCALLY DISPLACED THE MINERALIZATION INTO DISCONTINUOUS PODS. PINCHING OUT AND WIDENING OF ORE PODS CAN BE SEEN WELL IN THE LAST CHANE WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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