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Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079036
MRDS ID W027841
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Shupe and Shamrock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.42237, 38.3711 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4.3 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA SAL JUNCTION AND 2.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANE SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Sal Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Sal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 023E 18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: SE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Mica Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 FT. CUT ACROSS MINERALIZED ZONE, .014 % U3O8 , .930 V2O5 , 1 FT. CUT ACROSS MINERALIZED ZONE .126 % U3O8 , .510 % V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.42237, 38.3711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Browns Hole Area.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. W. Balsley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINE AND SEVERAL STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    LEE PERRY, 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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