The Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine is a tungsten mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 40.19417, -113.84444
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Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance No. 2 Lode Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Star Dust Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Dutch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Pool Canyon Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE BY TIMCO, INC., UNDER A LEASE AGREEMENT IN 1953.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE BODIES ALONG THE LIMESTONE-QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT, LENSES OF SCHEELITE-RICH SILICATED IS ALSO OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): A 56 FT. LONG, S72W ADIT WITH A CONNECTING S72E, 35 FT. LONG DRIFT THAT OPENS AT THE SOUTH, ABOVE WAIST LEVEL TO THE OUTSIDE, GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF AN ADIT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WEST OF THE ADIT, OPENCUTS AND PITS EXPLORED A 6-10 FT. WIDE, ZONE TACTITE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): THE S72W, 56 FT. ADIT CROSSCUTS THE TACTITE ZONE OF THE PRINCIPAL LS.-QTZ. MONZONITE CONTACT; THE S72E CONNECTING DRIFT WAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE CONTACT. THE SOUTHWEST-TRENDING ADIT ENDS IN A STOPED-OUT SEMICIRCULAR ROOM OF ABOUT 20 FT. IN DIA. THE WORKINGS WEST OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE ON AN APOPHYSE OF QUARTZ MONZONITE. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV; 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, T.B. PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1961 GEOLMAP EVERETT, 1961, INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 26 (FIG. 8)
Reference (Production): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8014, P. 24, 26
Reference (Deposit): MESSENGER, H.M. III, 1980, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 177
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