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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Gemstone
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046265
MRDS ID M241147
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names 1907 Mine
Related records 10185651

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81398, 31.77346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position APPROX. 1/4 MI. NW OF COURTLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 025E 16,17,20,21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CORNER SECTIONS 16, 17, 20, 21. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Gemstone Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Turquoise Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81398, 31.77346
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description In Limestone Near Quartz Monzonite Contact, Limestone N30w, 40 To 50 Ne

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR AND BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Faults And Fractures In Limestone, Also Along Dike Perpendicular To Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912
Year of last production 1949

Mining district

District name Turquoise District, Courtland-Gleeson District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Warnekros

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED D.F. MORRIS, H.C. BALLARD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 187. P. 82.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 123, 1927.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS, LARGELY OXIDIZED, IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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