The Last Chance Mine is a arsenic, lead, silver, zinc, and gold mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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
Elevation:
Commodity: Arsenic, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.87056, -118.26361
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Last Chance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Last Chance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH GRADE TO PAY OPERATING EXPENSES.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH GRADE TO PAY OPERATING EXPENSES.
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS AND 150 - FT. SHAFT; 400 FT DRIFT ON VEIN. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $5000 . INACTIVE SINCE 1910
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014826 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $5000 . INACTIVE SINCE 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - A, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 16 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 61 ,P. 70 .
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