The Last Chance Prospects is a silver and lead mine located in Salt Lake county, Utah at an elevation of 8,232 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: 8,232 Feet (2,509 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 40.57917, -111.65500
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Last Chance Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Prospects
Secondary: Last Chance Claims
Secondary: August Johnson Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Salt Lake
District: Little Cottonwood District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wasatch Fault, Uinta Arch
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP: AG-153 PPM, AU-.23 PPM, CU-150 PPM, MO-LESS THAN 1 PPM, PB-15350 PPM, ZN - 690 PPM.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS TO LOWEST ADIT OF GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES, SHEAR, ZONES AND QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE AND TILLITE
Comment (Workings): NORTH ADIT - WATER FLOODED BUT ACCESSIBLE, AT LEAST 150 FEET LONG, EXPLORES QUARTZ VEIN ALONG FAULT IN QUARTZITE, TRENDS N 43 W; CENTRAL ADIT - 135 FEET LONG IN IRON STAINED, SHEARED QUARTZITE, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED, ADIT TRENDS N 10 W; SOUTH ADIT - COLLAPSED BUT ABOUT 100 FEET LONG IN TILLITE WITH SOME PORPHYRITIC DIKE MATERIAL, NO SIGNIFICANT MINERALIZATION NOTED.
Comment (Deposit): THE LAST CHANCE CLAIM DISCUSSED ON P. 109 OF CALKINS AND BUTLER, 1943 DOES NOT BELONG TO THIS GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE DROMEDARY PEAK QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-378.
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C. AND BUTLER, B.S., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COTTONWOOD-AMERICAN FORK AREA, UTAH: USGS PROF. PA. 201, 152 P.
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