The Last Chance is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,900 feet.
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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: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.74444, -122.74250
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Last Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND, BUT CLAIMED PRODUCTION OF $20,000
Comment (Deposit): SMALL VEIN. ORE SHOOTS PITCH AT FLAT ANGLE TO EAST. VEINS SHOW SLIPPING ALONG BOTH WALLS AND THERE IS ALWAYS GOUGE PRESENT, LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES. PRESENCE OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE IN VEINS USUALLY INDICATED RICH ORE PRESENT.
Comment (Workings): 220 FT. ADIT, 250 FT. OF DRIFTS AND 1 STOPE. WORKED FOR POCKETS
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED
Comment (Location): UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP RANGE AND SECTION. LOCATION PROJECTED
Comment (Deposit): 60 ACRES. SEE BROWN BEAR MINE; PART OF ITS HOLDINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 894
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1912, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540, P. 70-71
Reference (Production): BROWN (1913)
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