Last Chance Group

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

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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.