Last Chance Mine

The Last Chance Mine is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,990 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

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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.