Last Chance

The Last Chance is a silver and gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Last Chance

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Empire City Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: CHIMNEY-LIKE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): ORE GRADE RANAS HIGH AS $300. PER TON. (IN 1870'S)

Comment (Development): EMPIRE CITY MINING CO. BUILT A CUPOLA FURNANCE IN AUGUST, 1872, AT BULLION CITY FOR REDUCTION OF THEIR ORES. MINE PRODUCTION HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT.

Comment (Deposit): STEEPLY - INCLINED CHIMNEY-LIKE REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE CONTROLLED BY FAULTS, FISSURES, INTRUSIVE DIKE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DRIFTS, 90' INCLINED SHAFT; 240-FT. LONG ADIT; 12-FT DRIFT.

Comment (Deposit): THE LAST CHANCE OF THE EMPIRE CITY MINING CO WAS OPENED BY SEVERAL DRIFTS AND 90 INCLINE SHAFT. THE ORE (LEAD SILVER AND COPPER) OCCURED IN A CLUMMEY LIKE BODY WITH A STEEP INCLINE. THE ARE GRADE WAS REPORTED TO RUN AS $300 PER TON - THE CENTER OF THE VEIN - ULSE BODY OF ORE WAS PURE GALENA. THE HUSSEY AND THE ELLSO ADITS VERE ALSO CONTROLLED BY THIS COMPANY. THECOMPANY BUILT A CUPOLA JURNACE IN AUGUST 1872 AT BULLEN CITY FOR REDUCTION OF THEIR ORES. PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE HAS BEEN ITERMITTENT. ONE ADIT WAS 240 'LONG, AND A 112 'DRIFT WAS REEN OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE INCLINE BY END OF 1872 THE MINE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INDIFFERENT SUCCESS BY 1874

References

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1873, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRTORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR 1872, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Reference (Deposit): WHITEHILL, H.R., 1873, BRENNIAL REPORT OF THE MINERALOGIST OF THE STATE OF NEVADA FOR THE YEARS 1871 AND 1872, CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R.W., 1875, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS FOR 1874, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Reference (Production): RAYMOND, R.W., (1875)

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.