The Last Chance Group is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,241 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,241 Feet (2,207 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.38278, -116.92361
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Last Chance Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Group
Secondary: Black Hawk Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Longstreet District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Burch, Guy I.
Home Office: Tonopah
Owner Name: Boscovich, Bozo And Marquerite
Years: 1963 -
Production
Year: 1938
Time Period: 1938
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7-8 Oz Ag, 8 % Pb Per Ton
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1920'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 21 Oz Ag, 21 % Pb, 2 % Zn Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
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: Big Ten Peak
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PIPES AND CHIMNEYS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Highly Faulted Area.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A TRIAL SHIPMENT ASSAYED 0.025 OZ AU, 20.3 OZ AG, 21.1 % PB, 3 % ZN, 14 % FE, 16 % S, 38 % INSOLUBLE.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, A 200 FT ADIT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND HOLES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: PRE-EARLY 1920'S
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS OBTAINED FROM MICKEY SULLIVAN BY HERMAN REISCHKE ABOUT 1925 AND SOLD BY MRS. REISCHKE TO BURCH IN 1934.
Comment (Geology): ORE IS VERY QUARTZOSE
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 101-102
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 101-102
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.
