The Long Chance is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.63889, -118.55833
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Long Chance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Chance
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Mono
District: Chidago
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
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, 6 IN. - 12 IN. THICK AND 6 IN. THICK
Comment (Workings): 100 FT. TUNNEL, 325 FT. WINZE W/6 LEVELS. ON 50 FT. LEVEL DRIFT E 150 FT., W 100 FT., STOPED A LENGTH OF 150 FT. WHERE AVG. LENGTH OF ORE IS 8 IN.
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS. GOODWIN ( 1957 ) INDICATES MINE IN SEC. 35 , PLATE 1 OF SPECIAL REPORT 48 , HOWEVER, SHOWS MINE IN SEC. 33 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): MINOR PB & CU RECOV. AS BY-PRODUCTS
Comment (Location): UTM ACC W 1/2 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): SHIPMENTS AGGREGATING 300 TONS AVG. 1.85 OZ. AU/TON ACTIVE BETWEEN 1933 AND 1936 . NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 126 .
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 , P. 562 .
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C. D., AND ROSS, D. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE CASA DIABLO MTN. QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: SPECIAL REPORT 48 OF THE CALIFORNIA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 9 , PL. 1 .
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