The Last Chance Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,877 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,877 Feet (2,096 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.39278, -108.80194
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Last Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: Last Chance Group No. 2: Patented Claims, Last Chance
Secondary: Boise City
Secondary: Settle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon Mountains Area: Mogollon District; Cooney District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mogollon Consolidated Mines Co.
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1895
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralization Occurs Along A North To Northwest-Striking Fault Zone.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE WAS IDLE IN 1903, 1913-1914, 1920, 1922-1925, AND 1928-1932. FERGUSON ESTIMATED THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION UP TO 1919 AS $7500000.
Comment (Location): GEODETIC LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE LAST CHANCE MINE SHOWN ON THE MOGOLLON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1938 WERE DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT CONNECTED TO SEVEN OTHER LEVELS BY RAISES AND WINZES. TOTAL DRIFTING ON THE VEIN EXCEDES 20000 FT. IN LENGTH. LEVELS ARE AT ABOUT 200 FT. INTERVALS.
Comment (Deposit): 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 980 COVERING 35.291 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., 1978 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 7, P. 107-113
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 191-201
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, D.B., 1920 TRANSACTIONS OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, VOL 63, P. 289-310
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1921 USGS BULL 715-L, P. 171-204
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1927 USGS BULL 787, 100 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): ELSTON, W.E., RHODES, R.C., AND ERB, E.E., 1976 NMGS SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO 5, P. 125-144
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