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Last Chance Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Iron, Uranium, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095383
MRDS ID M035666
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Hawk, New Strike Claims, NBMG Sample Site #3699 & #3700

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40929, 38.64575 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Relative position APPROX. 14 MI. NE OF HAWTHORNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kinkaid NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 09N;10N 32E;32E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.08 TO 0.41 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40929, 38.64575
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS, LENSES
    Length 1524M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magnetite In Roof Pendant Of Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • INCLINE EXPOSES N70E STRIKING AND 65 NW DIPPING ZONE THAT FOLLOWS THE BEDDING PLANE OF A MODERATELY MINERALIZED LUNING LIMESTONE AND A CONTACT WITH CRETACEOUS GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Strike Claims
    Home office Redoc P.O. Box 21088

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE BULLDOZER CUT, INCLINE & SHAFT ALONG A SHEAR IN DIORITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REEVES, SHAW, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEV., PART B, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .

  • Deposit

    NEW STRIKE CLAIMS, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 5/18/89; NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NBMG SAMPLE #3699 FROM INCLINE. SAMPLE #3700 WAS TAKEN FROM A 100-150 FOOT SHAFT ALONG SHEAR IN DIORITE. FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF WIN WAN FLAT ROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BG = 0.03 MR/HR.; HIGH = 1.5 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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