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Last Chance

Past Producer in Washington county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088406
MRDS ID DB02002
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance
Related records 10203615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.36941, 37.23942 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position 2000 SOUTH OF USMM #1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint George(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cedar City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 041S 014W 12 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Leeds Sandstone, Chinle Formation
    Rock description Leeds Sandstone, Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.36941, 37.23942
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Virgin Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding & Associated With Plant Remains.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Harrisburg

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner 5m Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PORTOR, PAUL B., 1953 , THE GEOLOGY OF SILVER REEF (HARRISBURG) MINING DISTRICT: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 44

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON UTAH GEOLOGICAL & MINERAL SURVE

  • Production

    PERRY, L. I., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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