The Last Chance Mine is a manganese mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,841 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: 1,841 Feet (561 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.33806, -113.68222
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Last Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Calcium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Artillery Peak 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
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1953 - 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^34.4 % Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MANGANESE WAS MINED FROM SMALL ORE SHOOTS ALONG THE WESTERN END OF THE FAULT ZONE. TWO ORE SHOOTS PRODUCED. THE WEST SHOOT WAS 150 FEET BY 1 TO 3 FEET, THE OTHER, EAST SHOOT, WAS 80 FEET BY 3.5 FEET. BOTH SHOOTS WERE INTERSECTED BY AN ORE BEARING FRACTURE STRIKING NE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. I.F. 7843 , P. 49 .
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., AND L.A. STEWART, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF WESTERN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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