The Last Chance Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,990 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,990 Feet (1,521 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.12639, -117.48139
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Last Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Mullinix Family
Years: 1940 -
Owner Name: Dutch Flat Mining Co.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: N-Trending Fault Nearby
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO CINNABAR FOUND BY PANNING SAMPLE
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 OF SEC. 32
Comment (Production): ABOUT 1 FLASK PRODUCED IN 1941
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: LIMONITE STREAKS AND LAYERS PARALLEL TO BEDDING. ALTERED ZONE ABOUT 20 FT. WIDE
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHORT ADITS AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS. IT LIES ON A GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS LEASED BY THE MULLINIX FAMILY TO THE DUTCH FLAT MINING CO. FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1940. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO. NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER IN NEVADA: NEV. U. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL AND MIN. SER. NO. 41.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, R., 64, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUAR, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS P. P. 431
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
