Chance Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044788
MRDS ID M232377
Record type Site
Current site name Chance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00368, 39.50409 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00368, 39.50409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 92, REFERENCE NO. 320110212

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1962.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHAFT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST MARGIN OF THE ADAMS HILL AREA 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE PRICE AND DAVIS MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.