Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098071
MRDS ID DC13189
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Related records 10252488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45333, 39.8555 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1/4 MILE SE OF UTAH MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Springs SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011S 014W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Dolomites
    Rock description Dolomites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45333, 39.8555

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Assymetrical Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones That Strike N70w And Parallel Tert Rhyolite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Fish Springs District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVEST.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1135B, PART 2, 1963, P. B78.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-20-1963

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP 11

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REWORKING OLD DUMPS. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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