Chance Mine

The Chance Mine is a tungsten mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Chance Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.93417, -114.90444

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Chance Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Chance Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek (Gold Canyon, Egan Canyon)


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): EST

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF W GIVEN; CHANCE AND TICUP MINES COMBINED.

Comment (Geology): CALCITE OR QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS AND PODS, IN LENS-SHAPED SWARMS NEAR BEDDING FAULTS


References

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, GEORGE H. JR FEB 1950, INVESTIGATION OF CHERRY CREEK TUNGSTEN DISTRICT WHITE PINE CO. NEV, BUREAU OF MINE REPORT ON INVESTIGATION 4631

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, SMITH 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 85

Reference (Production): HOSE, ET. AL., 1976


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.