The Last Chance Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 9,281 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,281 Feet (2,829 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61333, -111.66083
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Last Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Mine
Secondary: Last Chance Claim
Secondary: Vina Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Big Cottonwood 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: On North Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of Wasatch Fault
Type: L
Description: Alta Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): TUNNEL BEING DRIVEN SOUTH INTO MONTREAL HILL IN 1916 FROM A POINT ABOVE VINA FLAT
Comment (Deposit): 4 INCH STREAK OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED IN 1918, 150 FT FROM THE PORTAL
Comment (Workings): A FEW SMALL WORKINGS
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973
Comment (Commodity): NO COMMERCIAL ORE BODIES
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1935, MINERAL YEARBOOK
Reference (Deposit): JAMES, L.P., 1979, GEOL., ORE DEPOSITS AND HISTORY OF THE BIG COTTONWOOD MINING DISTRICT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 114, P.62.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, P. 109.
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOL. OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUAD., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378
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