Mine detail: Last Chance Placer

Previously called 'Last Chance No. 3'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.61613, -105.27445

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tellurium
Ore: Calaverite, Gold

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1936

Geology

Host rock:Recent Alluvium
Host type:Sand and Gravel
Structure:Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD006752
DEP10011672
Reference{Deposit:: PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2.}{Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: CSM QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 124-134.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.