The Last Chance Prospect is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.64583, -118.40833
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Last Chance Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Prospect
Secondary: Black Hawk
Secondary: New Strike Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site #3699 & #3700
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Strike Claims
Home Office: Redoc P.O. Box 21088
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.08 TO 0.41 PERCENT EU3O8
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NBMG SAMPLE #3699 FROM INCLINE. SAMPLE #3700 WAS TAKEN FROM A 100-150 FOOT SHAFT ALONG SHEAR IN DIORITE. FAIR ROAD SOUTH OF WIN WAN FLAT ROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SECTION 15
Comment (Workings): ONE BULLDOZER CUT, INCLINE & SHAFT ALONG A SHEAR IN DIORITE.
Comment (Geology): INCLINE EXPOSES N70E STRIKING AND 65 NW DIPPING ZONE THAT FOLLOWS THE BEDDING PLANE OF A MODERATELY MINERALIZED LUNING LIMESTONE AND A CONTACT WITH CRETACEOUS GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.03 MR/HR.; HIGH = 1.5 MR/HR.
References
Reference (Deposit): REEVES, SHAW, KRAL, 1958 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NEV., PART B, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 53
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .
Reference (Deposit): NEW STRIKE CLAIMS, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 5/18/89; NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
