Last Chance Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222746
MRDS ID M060336
MAS/MILS ID 0320270102
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance Mine
Alternate or previous names Pflum Mine, Star Cyn, Honey Bunny
Related records 10042518

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.13517, 40.54239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 034 E 23 NWNWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.13517, 40.54239

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Star

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 89, 19778 PL 2A

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 61, 1963, P 175, PLS 1 & 10, FIG 54

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-666, 1967, 1-62,500

  • Deposit

    GSA BULL. V. 50, 1939, P 615

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.