The Last Chance #1, #2 is a manganese, zinc, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 37.945, -106.30806
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Last Chance #1, #2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance #1, #2
Secondary: Mexican Lode #1
Secondary: #2
Secondary: Red Bird Claims Claims Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crystal Hill District District 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Summer Coon Volcanic Center, La Garita Caldera
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 15.35 % MN
Materials
Ore: Wad
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): BETWEEN BIEDELL CR AND SANDERSON GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS BASED ON OCCURRENCES AT BUCKHORN MINE
Comment (Deposit): ALTHOUGH TYPE OF MINERALIZATION UNKNOWN, ORES APPEAR TO BE CONTAINED IN SMALL VOLCANIC NECK OR PLUG OF QUARTZ MONZONITIC, GRANODIORITIC, OR SYENOGABBROIC COMPOSITION. COUNTRY ROCKS ARE WIDESPREAD ANDESITIC FLOWS AND BRECCIAS
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT AND SEVERAL TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT, NUMEROUS SURFACE PROSPECTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MN 15.35%
References
Reference (Deposit): BMC RECORD DATA FILES
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS 1-764
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