The Last Chance Deposit is a mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.65861, -112.55250
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Last Chance Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Free Coinage
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
Owner Name: Portland Cement Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains, Stansbury Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR/IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deseret Anticline
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Normal Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): UNRECORDED PRODUCTION, 1917-1918
Comment (Workings): ACCORDING TO MR. DON REEDER, LOCAL PROSPECTOR, SOME OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE LAST CHANCE DEPOSIT WERE UNCOVERED DURING LIMESTONE QUARRYING.
References
Reference (Deposit): REEDER, DON, 1980, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, GRANTSVILLE, UTAH
Reference (Deposit): RIGBY, J.K., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, TOOELE COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 175P.
Reference (Production): MIN. RES. OF THE U. S., 1917, 1918
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